Jul 24, 2017MAKE MATÉ, NOT WAR: A TASTE OF SYRIAThe perfect finish of our two-week long festival! We had the perfect finish to our two week long 'Celebrating Syria' Festival, on Sunday...
Jul 24, 2017KHALED KHALIFA TALKS FROM DAMASCUSAs our final 'Celebrating Syria' event on Sunday 23rd July 2017 we had Syria's most celebrated contemporary novelist, Khaled Khalifa,...
Jul 23, 2017LONDON SYRIAN ENSEMBLEOut of the detritus of war, a thing of beauty was born On Saturday 22nd July 2017, we hosted the London Syrian Ensemble at Emmanuel...
Jul 23, 2017The Art of LetteringAN AFTERNOON OF CALLIGRAPHY WITH THE TALENTED ABDULLAH AL-ANEZI We hosted a calligraphy workshop on Saturday 22nd July 2017 with the...
Jul 22, 2017Diana Darke: My House in Damascus An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis On Friday 21st July, we were delighted to have Diana Drake, author of 'My House in Damascus,' giving...
Jul 20, 2017AYMAN JARJOUR: A SYRIAN GUITAR CONCERTWorld renowned guitarist Ayman Jarjour played music of Spanish, Latin American, Classical and Middle Eastern influence On Wednesday 19th...
Jul 20, 2017DOES ART CREATE CHANGE OR REACT TO IT?Four creatives with experience on both sides of this, discussed their experiences of writing about social and political change and the...
Jul 19, 2017TADMOROn Tuesday 18th July 2017, we had a film screening of Tadmor at International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester. The screening was...
Jul 18, 2017DAMASCUS STORIESAN EVENING OF MAGICAL STORYTELLING AND MUSIC We had an amazing evening of magical storytelling and music on Monday 17th July 2017 with a...
Jul 17, 2017LA DOLCE SIRIA: A SHORT FILM TRILOGYFILM SCREENING AND Q&A WITH DIRECTOR AMMAR AL-BEIK VIA SKYPE FROM GERMANY On Sunday 16th July 2017, we screened La Dolce Syria: A Short...
Jul 16, 2017NOMA OMRAN: SYRIAN NOTES CONCERTOn the evening of Saturday 15th July 2017, we had Noma Omran singing Syrian Notes at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. A...
Jul 15, 2017SILVERED WATER: SYRIA SELF-PORTRAIT“For the regime, a camera is a weapon” Wiam Bedirxan We screened a film viewing of Silvered Water: Syria Self Portrait on Friday 14th...
Jul 15, 2017TIME FOR CREATIVITYA SCULPTURING AND DRAWING WORKSHOP On Saturday 15th July 2017 we joined two of the finest Syrian artists, Manya and Khalda Alkhmri, based...
Jul 14, 2017MY FILMS, MY FREEDOM, MY HUMANITY: INDEPENDENT CINEMA UNDER DICTATORSHIP.An Evening with Ossama Mohammed We were pleased to have Ossama Mohammed with us on Thursday 13th July as part of Celebrating Syria...
Jul 13, 2017DANCING IN DAMASCUS CREATIVITY, RESILIENCE AND THE SYRIAN REVOLUTION While the world has turned its back on Syria and called the 2011 Revolution a civil war,...
Jul 12, 2017SYRIA’S ARTS AND CULTURE BEFORE AND AFTER 2011INSIGHTS FROM CONTRIBUTORS TO SYRIA SPEAKS On Tuesday 11th July we had a thought provoking panel discussion as part of the Celebrating...
Jul 11, 2017Duo ZamaanA CONCERT WITH RIHAB AZAR (OUD) & JAMAL ALSAKKA (PERCUSSION) The Celebrating Syria Festival 2017 kicked off on Monday 10th July with the...
Jul 11, 2017PARALLEL REPUBLIC EXHIBITIONThe Centrepiece of Celebrating Syria Festival 2017 On 10th July 2017, we launched the Parallel Republic, the centerpiece of Celebrating...
Jul 1, 2017LIST OF BOOKS ON SALE AT CELEBRATING SYRIA FESTIVAL 2017Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline (2014) By Malu Halasa, Zaher Omareen, Nawara Mahfoud (eds). In Syria, culture has become...