WORLD REFUGEE DAY
OUR WALL MURALS
LONDON, UK
IDLIB, SYRIA
In Syria, graffiti is used as a ‘peaceful weapon’; a powerful way to share messages with meaning. We wanted to bring the use of art in this way to the streets of London and to mirror this action with our friends at Violet Organisation in Idlib.
FIND OUR WALL MURAL:
On World Refugee Day we revealed a new wall mural in East London (with the help of Global Street Art Agency) and our partners Dawlaty, The Syria Campaign and Choose Love.
Repeating again, the message: “We dared to dream and we will not regret dignity,” this is an opportunity to for us to raise Syrian voices across the globe, as our mural becomes a hub for discussions around accountability and justice, refugees, the current situation in Denmark, IDPs in Syria and for the fight to free detainees.
If you are in London, please go and visit our wall mural. See below for upcoming activities there.
*The mural will be up until 9 July 2021.
Join our events at the wall
Ali has been away from his familt for 8 long years
We’re joining Wafa, Ali’s daughter on Thursday and Friday 1st and 2nd of July to let the world know we haven’t forgotten him
Families for freedom gathering
This Monday the 5th of July, we're going to join families for freedom in holding pictures of our beloved friends and family members who have been disappeared by the Syrian regime. We will not stop raising our voice until our beloved ones as well as our country is safe
WITH SPECIAL THANKS…
Turning our idea into a real life, work of art would never have been possible without the help of some of our friends and partners. The Syria Campaign, Dawlaty, Choose Love and Violet Organisation - thank you so much.
The Syria Campaign is a human rights advocacy organisation that supports Syria’s heroes in their struggle for freedom and democracy. The Syria Campaign is fully independent and is funded entirely by individuals and foundations.
Dawlaty is a nonprofit foundation that believes in nonviolence and peaceful resistance. Dawlaty works in partnership with Syrian organizations and solidarity groups, both on the ground and online, to document, advocate and build capacity for civil society groups and young people.
Choose Love is a UK-based non-governmental organization which provides humanitarian aid to, and advocacy for, refugees around the world. In 2016, it became the largest grassroots distributor of aid in Europe.
Founded in Idlib city in 2011, Violet Organisation is run by a group of volunteers focused on distributing humanitarian aid. Violet's operations span across sectors such as food security, shelter, education and health.
And thank you to Mohamad Bwedany for his design support. Explore his work here.
“The paint brush and pen have always been my peaceful weapon, through which I reflect the face of our civilization and the most important principles of our revolution in the right to express opinions freely.””