Find Your Cause
All of us need a reason, A purpose, A cause. If not, why would we go on? Be it politics, Feminism, Charity or more, Why would you risk it? I…
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North East’s Syrian Choir embarks on UK Tour!
Last week, the Stories of Sanctuary music production drew in hundreds of crowds in Durham, Stockton and Newcastle – the start of a national UK tour for the group of…
Durham and Syria – A Musical Collaboration
Eight years since start of the Syrian Civil war, a new songwriting project has begun in Durham. A group of Syrian refugees who were resettled in the North East in…
Why Are We Striking?
It is time to stand up and make our voices heard. At this point radical action like striking is completely morally justified. And in my own personal experience, taking action…
From Persephone
'He made me wings / With the bones / Of a hell-hound'
The Dragon
"Finding debt, doubt; my overtaxed / Lover paid at the wrong time."
The English Alphabet
When you were set to leave for England in the year 1940, you took it upon yourself to teach me English. We got from A for Apple to M for…
The Favour
‘You’re Peter, aren’t you?’ I nodded; his voice was harsh and discordant, and more than anything I wanted to run into my house.
My Volunteering Experience at Buddha Garden
For four weeks during the month of August 2017, I went for therapy. I would get up at 5: 30 am and cycle to my therapist every weekday on muddy…
B is not for Boat
It was only years later that I would discover the existence of the term 'phobia' to describe my condition.