Please join us at a major three-part event on the experiences of refugees that is being held this month in Canterbury.
It is hosted by Kent Refugee Help and the Centre for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, University of Kent, and is part of the Canterbury Festival Fringe programme.
'Moving a Country: Refugee Stories' spotlights what it’s like to be a refugee.
Highlights include: readings and talks by writers and former detainees, a play by an award winning poet and playwright, and political poetry by local, national and international poets. For more details on the exciting line up please see attachment [Moderator’s note: please see the information below].
Event details:
Have you been in a place where routinely, and without any apparent qualm, you have been held outside the law? Or have you tried to establish a new identity in a world unknown to you? Our three-part event captures the experience of such a state through the world of:
Detention in Contention: 2pm
Readings and talks by writers, former detainees, sureties and others
The play of 'Another World': 4pm
by Avaes Mohammad
Political Poetry through the Ages: 5:45 pm
Fawzi Karim, David Herd, Caroline Rooney, Alev Adil, Jade Amoli-Jackson, Alia' Kawalit, Anthony Anaxagorou and Karim Kamar
Moving a Country is on Saturday 25th October at Penny Theatre, 30-31 Northgate, Canterbury CT1 1BL, 2pm- 7pm. Entry is free, but there will be a donation box. To book in advance email: [log in to unmask]
For more information email Bahriye Kemal on [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
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