By fay.young on July 31, 2009
They have built robots, designed comics and dressed up as science fiction heroes – now children visiting Leith Library can take a trip to cyberspace in the last of a special series for the summer holidays. Don’t miss the chance to book tickets for Explore Quest on Tuesday 4 August.
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By fay.young on June 29, 2009
Imagine you are a refugee trying to make a new life in Edinburgh. Better still, take a new look at the city with people who really are refugees. The film ‘Long Way From Home’ does just that and it is showing at Red Eye film club in Pilmeny Youth Centre at 7.30pm on Friday 3 [...]
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By fay.young on June 17, 2009
The ‘poetry tree’ in St Andrew Square Garden
Home is a dead tree in the garden. Well, not quite so dead now that it is fluttering with poems about home to mark Refugee Week in Edinburgh.
Posted in Monthly diary, Poetry in St Andrew Square | Tagged Oxfam, Poetry garden, Poetry in St Andrew Square, Refugee Week, Scottish Poetry Library, The Welcoming
By fay.young on May 15, 2009
In their own words: a rare chance to hear modern Iraqi writers. Meet Sinan Antoon, Hussain Al-Mozany, Betool Khedairi, Gulala Nouri and Saadi Youssef at the McDonald Road Readings.
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By fay.young on January 28, 2009
Fortune-telling in shoes: The Shape of Things to Come was one of our best read stories last year.
In Homecoming year Leith Open Space will report more stories of remarkable new and old Leithers. But first news of our multicultural discussion event for women who care in March, a campaign to get women into politics and [...]
Posted in Leith Open Space Events, Monthly diary | Tagged homecoming, leith, leith open space, lost world read, scottish politics
By fay.young on February 28, 2008
Edinburgh Refugee Centre pay travel expenses for people taking their beginners and improvers English classes starting in March. This month’s activities also include a visit to the Scottish Parliament to see where Scottish laws are made.
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By fay.young on August 11, 2007
Nahid Aslam, of Leith Open Space Group, was one of many community participants who took part in workshops at Stockbridge Theatre Workshop exploring the lives of refugees in Edinburgh. They were working on the script for a film seen through the eyes of five refugees.
Trouble Sleeping, directed by Robert Rae and edited by Tina [...]
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By fay.young on January 31, 2007
Food and family are main themes of events in our February diary. See Wednesday if you like curry, Thursday if you have views on childcare services, and Friday if you are interested in healthy food in general. (And please scroll further down our home page for more about all three stories).
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