https://www.makani.org.uk/news daily 0.75 2025-01-14 https://www.makani.org.uk/news/help-for-families-facing-bombs monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/ea755a01-c5f2-4946-8ac7-8275195d5b2f/Beirut+.png News and stories - Help for refugee families facing bombing in Beirut - Make it stand out Photo taken by our artisan Rima shortly before she fled her home. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/rags-rugs-and-rights monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/cd91ffbe-212b-4a2a-9d09-f47bb2b3b6b3/WhatsApp+Image+2024-07-12+at+10.25.02+AM.jpg News and stories - Weaving a thread between rugs, rags and rights - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/9d132a16-7462-436d-99c9-0db33fd012f7/WhatsApp+Image+2024-07-10+at+9.02.30+AM.jpg News and stories - Weaving a thread between rugs, rags and rights - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/68968738-f3b3-44a1-b0e1-2ff225fdcf56/WhatsApp+Image+2024-07-12+at+10.25.02+AM+%281%29.jpg News and stories - Weaving a thread between rugs, rags and rights - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/6a7402c4-30bd-4e9b-a619-092885bd0ded/WhatsApp+Image+2024-09-05+at+10.25.48+AM+%281%29.jpg News and stories - Weaving a thread between rugs, rags and rights - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/8d27be74-e6ac-4829-9ff4-e45dbd6c2a98/WhatsApp+Image+2024-07-10+at+9.05.00+AM.jpeg News and stories - Weaving a thread between rugs, rags and rights - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/075c7e6d-891c-4ec3-a50b-9e80698c3ba3/WhatsApp+Image+2024-07-12+at+10.25.02+AM+%284%29.jpg News and stories - Weaving a thread between rugs, rags and rights - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/this-has-made-us-feel-that-we-exist-and-our-existence-is-appreciated monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1722846236769-8R461VGE870UZK47QY5A/1.png News and stories - ‘This has made us feel that we exist and our existence is appreciated.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1722918480051-6J914L21K03NDDZUYV06/Untitled+design.png News and stories - ‘This has made us feel that we exist and our existence is appreciated.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1722846236719-5OVOBLSHR1ISRVDU0EUW/2.png News and stories - ‘This has made us feel that we exist and our existence is appreciated.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1730197931466-MOMW2FHNC292ABUSJ56E/Untitled+design.png News and stories - ‘This has made us feel that we exist and our existence is appreciated.’ https://www.makani.org.uk/news/a-mountain-top-experience monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/da35cbb3-8641-427a-9d2f-9180b028bfa8/Screenshot+2024-07-31+at+13.55.38.png News and stories - ‘A mountain top experience’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/9afa3e0b-4d33-4414-977b-4917682145aa/Lysistrata+Rough+cuts++%C2%A9+Rah+Petherbridge_-43.jpg News and stories - ‘A mountain top experience’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/i-am-lysistrata-in-photos monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1722417859837-KU82DBGH8RYYKZ7L3P7Z/Lysistrata+Rough+cuts++%C2%A9+Rah+Petherbridge_-59.jpg News and stories - 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‘I Am Lysistrata’ in photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1722427772282-A5LJ7N38M59HCQB3D4JB/Screenshot+2024-07-31+at+17.05.52.png News and stories - ‘I Am Lysistrata’ in photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1722427772520-OUKGNF1BFWDLPT2L1KGQ/Screenshot+2024-07-31+at+17.08.20.png News and stories - ‘I Am Lysistrata’ in photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1722427857968-T4872KDWCBVL98VKMSWB/Screenshot+2024-07-31+at+17.10.45.png News and stories - ‘I Am Lysistrata’ in photos https://www.makani.org.uk/news/the-bond-of-sisterhood-the-bond-of-art-the-bond-of-humanity monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/656d8fcd-f3a7-4f57-9a90-2931fdb6e8d1/Lysistrata+Rough+cuts++%C2%A9+Rah+Petherbridge_-182.jpg News and stories - ‘The bond of Sisterhood, the bond of Art, the bond of Humanity.’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/912b5db3-fca6-4da6-9fa0-bb646ee4d475/Lysistrata+%C2%A9+Rah+Petherbridge_-2.jpg News and stories - ‘The bond of Sisterhood, the bond of Art, the bond of Humanity.’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/announcing-arts-council-funding monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/b5645b47-72f7-47da-b86a-3dad344d8aa4/Exp_Use_Blackweb.png News and stories - Announcing Arts Council Funding! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/still-dreaming monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://www.makani.org.uk/news/meet-the-makers-my-name-is-dreams monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/906be9ae-dff6-48f6-83d4-b70737c85af0/Ahlam.jpg News and stories - Meet the Makers: “My name is ‘dreams’” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/114f9851-50f1-4cdb-91c5-d146098f2468/DSC07280.jpeg News and stories - Meet the Makers: “My name is ‘dreams’” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/breaking-the-chains-of-shame-by-amplifying-my-voice monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/a8ae337e-14e0-452c-907d-d9ebed69c925/Tayma+1.jpg News and stories - “Breaking the chains of shame by amplifying my voice” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/i-started-to-see-life-in-colour-after-it-went-dark monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1141d0bf-4dd4-46da-8704-2607e1087671/DSC00901.jpg News and stories - “I started to see life in colour after it went dark”. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/the-link-between-past-and-present-block-print-training-with-studio-kunukku monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/627b5041-6a68-43af-b1a5-d2744ad007a0/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2022-06-27%2Bat%2B7.53.03%2BPM.jpg News and stories - “The link between past and present” - Block-print training with Studio Kunukku. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/2a0b305d-fab2-49ef-ad66-5bf030811e41/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2022-08-08%2Bat%2B12.57.08%2BPM.jpeg News and stories - “The link between past and present” - Block-print training with Studio Kunukku. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/563a77e9-f474-40cb-8634-a1f3930f0a0c/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2022-06-27%2Bat%2B7.52.09%2BPM.jpeg News and stories - “The link between past and present” - Block-print training with Studio Kunukku. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/a4f18353-e895-4a72-a18d-f03e9c76a0c1/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2022-06-27%2Bat%2B8.48.42%2BPM.jpeg News and stories - “The link between past and present” - Block-print training with Studio Kunukku. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/57c0907a-b362-4bf5-b093-64e86cd8be0b/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2022-06-27%2Bat%2B7.48.38%2BPM.jpeg News and stories - “The link between past and present” - Block-print training with Studio Kunukku. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/a248b8e8-fbba-4618-8621-97f969c17562/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2022-06-27%2Bat%2B7.50.30%2BPM%2B%281%29%2B%282%29.jpeg News and stories - “The link between past and present” - Block-print training with Studio Kunukku. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/the-dream-project-worrods-dream monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/e92f25f8-d59f-4b76-951e-ec254c77e75c/Oshana_D1-10.jpg News and stories - “No one has ever asked us what WE dream of” Through The Dream Project, women like Worrod are being supported to fulfil the career dreams they have been denied due to war and gender oppression. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/announcing-national-lottery-funding monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/67766fce-21ec-4d2b-8a47-22717e5576ad/digital-white-background.png News and stories - Announcing National Lottery Funding! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/i-cant-even-describe-the-happiness-innbspmy-kids-eyes-when-they-saw-their-school-supplies-arrive monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/328e5463-f208-41d9-9dea-03500b46e50e/school+supplies+2.jpg News and stories - “I can’t even describe the happiness in my kids’ eyes when they saw their school supplies arrive” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/9ff7d5ea-058a-485c-bda2-4f4939230580/school+supplies.jpg News and stories - “I can’t even describe the happiness in my kids’ eyes when they saw their school supplies arrive” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/meet-oshanas-artisans-khouloud-a-syrian-love-story monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/4d7a0e7d-dee6-4816-a345-89f8b80d5d41/KHOULOUD+AL+HANBARJI.png News and stories - Khouloud, a Syrian Love Story. - Khouloud is a member of Oshana’s Knitting Club. Oshana is our longest-running project, which provides craft therapy, community, and financial independence for Syrian and Palestinian refugee women, through the creation and sale of handcrafts. Khouloud always had to fight against the odds to realise her own dreams and protect her loved ones. She and her husband were childhood sweethearts, but her parents did not approve of the match. Here she shares her story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1698228549582-T636DM2ZE3330KLE77BU/Khouloud+Henbarje.jpeg News and stories - Khouloud, a Syrian Love Story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1698228551875-AGVY2YPCLH39AV564XLS/Mona+Fatala%2C+Fadwa+Aawayti+and+Khouloud+Henbarje.jpg News and stories - Khouloud, a Syrian Love Story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1698228551816-XB4PGFWOUBPIAK473IK1/Sabaraa-shoots-53.jpg News and stories - Khouloud, a Syrian Love Story. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/giving-women-the-stage monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/a2be1950-d83f-40f0-8979-5718adcbe3af/20230202_Film+For+Freedom_Leighton+House_Makani-02917.jpg News and stories - Giving Women the Stage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1696338155411-QSW8AT6Q5XS9KKIW0H2W/20230202_Film+For+Freedom_Leighton+House_Makani-02762.jpg News and stories - Giving Women the Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1696338153847-797FTCQDW4Y0GH0HCKD8/20230202_Film+For+Freedom_Leighton+House_Makani-02746.jpg News and stories - Giving Women the Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1696338229192-3NY5UP1LDYFQ48RMZL94/20230202_Film+For+Freedom_Leighton+House_Makani-02680.jpg News and stories - Giving Women the Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1696338230195-4CMN19YFC3N94AQRS8TK/20230202_Film+For+Freedom_Leighton+House_Makani-02805.jpg News and stories - Giving Women the Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1696338424115-IPKR4GJRCZUK51RQI4TL/20230202_Film+For+Freedom_Leighton+House_Makani-02876.jpg News and stories - Giving Women the Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1696338424030-EYL3R4B0LXND5E7XU7U5/20230202_Film+For+Freedom_Leighton+House_Makani-02919.jpg News and stories - Giving Women the Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1696330354965-JBJ6IIUGL7A3GQ86QUU9/20230202_Film+For+Freedom_Leighton+House_Makani-02554.jpg News and stories - Giving Women the Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1696330342244-CRR1V0PJ05YEX3F9PB5R/20230202_Film+For+Freedom_Leighton+House_Makani-02457.jpg News and stories - Giving Women the Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1696337385562-S4ZJMF81XFFLL8NBXCKN/20230202_Film+For+Freedom_Leighton+House_Makani-02998.jpg News and stories - Giving Women the Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/1696338711979-XG4WZ7RBNNP1KQO8M0BL/20230202_Film+For+Freedom_Leighton+House_Makani-02572.jpg News and stories - Giving Women the Stage https://www.makani.org.uk/news/makani-on-times-radio monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/8bd3b056-c481-414a-bec8-46d1c5b8b45b/IMG_1180.jpeg News and stories - Makani on Times Radio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/oshana-on-channel-4-news monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/c9e80152-fce7-4a91-b108-72bb0c878705/160620919_266645054974771_8274358170826795658_n.jpeg News and stories - Oshana on Channel 4 News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.makani.org.uk/news/they-knew-we-are-powerful monthly 0.5 2023-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/e228b4f6-d176-4737-8032-a34b636ecabe/20230203_The+Women+Strike+Participants_Niveen-03037.jpg News and stories - “They did not invite us to empower us, they knew we are powerful” - Reflections on a week of theatre workshops for ‘The Women’s Strike: A Refugee Lysistrata’ by Niveen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/431ca29d-2b11-4259-8b7d-b98d5ff574ef/20230203_The+Women+Strike_Workshop-03393.jpg News and stories - “They did not invite us to empower us, they knew we are powerful” - Then, I walked into the room after climbing those scary stairs. Nigeria, Pakistan, Ukraine, Syrian, Lebanon and DRC, there were women from different parts of the world. Yet, I felt safe! How, I don’t know… I rarely do, but since it is rare, it is there and feeling safe is a dream so I am holding on to it… We sat together, spoke to each other and I am a talkative person. I met Itab, a Syrian woman who is pure gold! It felt like Home… I was full of doubt.. Why would this be any different? But there was a new feeling to me, I trust those women for some reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/75d68c50-ecfe-444d-b3df-cde88a3ba5ed/20230203_The+Women+Strike_Workshop-03681.jpg News and stories - “They did not invite us to empower us, they knew we are powerful” - Those women! All of them including the writer, the director and photographer and the coordinator, and the participants, my fellow humans, my friends. I realised what made them special and different, they did not invite us to empower us, they knew we are powerful. They knew we have a lot to offer and they wanted us to see it too. This is not something you see everyday! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/943d1151-c0aa-4180-8d92-e2f15e80351b/20230203_The+Women+Strike_Workshop-03605.jpg News and stories - “They did not invite us to empower us, they knew we are powerful” - Makani. ‘My place’. Like a torch, they lightened my path, showed me that I can, I actually can, I have what it takes to speak up. Unlike many, they believed in our voice, they knew we have a voice that’s been silenced. That’s been crushed, they knew… but they just gave us the place, the safety and the love to rise up. And so we did… we owned our most painful parts. We were not seen as a beings who were crushed by the war or injustices. We were seen as humans who want to be seen and heard. Our voices might have been weakened, but a whisper can do so much! Lullabies of soft warriors that tune the world and brings balance back to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/d68e097b-86c8-4598-98ce-cd180ca16171/20230203_The+Women+Strike_Workshop-03694.jpg News and stories - “They did not invite us to empower us, they knew we are powerful” But in those workshops, I sang in Arabic, I danced, I joked we owned it, I and we all were proud of the past we have lived. We all stood together, empowered by our past, grieved our losses and risen for our future, for everything we sacrificed to be where we are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/c9245759-9d10-4a64-b6fc-d839b914d77d/20230203_The+Women+Strike_Workshop-03787.jpg News and stories - “They did not invite us to empower us, they knew we are powerful” - Makani, those women, when they reached their potential, they remembered us, women who are looking for a chance to just be. They did not forget where they come from, they did not escape their reality, they embraced it. And when they got on the stage, their eyes were not on the prize, they were on us, their fellow humans. They reached out, held our hands and helped us step up.. One by one, country by country and soul by soul. The gratitude I feel when I am in Makani, is not forced, it is not asked for, it is a gratitude you feel from within. https://www.makani.org.uk/film-for-freedom daily 0.75 2024-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/5e52bdbf-3b14-40d1-84a8-473e9fdb5635/CFLI+Logo+Transparent.png Film For Freedom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/24b766d9-9287-4fd6-b272-6ad1e302776e/Sabbara_Logo_V_FullColor_CMYK.png Film For Freedom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/aec104a7-bb8b-4e22-93f7-2c5fb0d79653/PhotoRoom_20220331_122321.PNG Film For Freedom Dar El Nimr For Arts and Culture Beirut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/39583380-2da3-4b46-966d-3df7558ac4c1/CFLI+LOGO.jpg Film For Freedom We extend our thanks to the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, who are generously supporting this project. https://www.makani.org.uk/impact daily 0.75 2024-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/3184b146-73ed-487e-aa45-a2321e2c5b6b/Screenshot+2024-06-05+at+11.41.00.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/555d47d1-5f1f-4ade-9a01-9dd09e3fae94/image-asset.png https://www.makani.org.uk/sharaf daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://www.makani.org.uk/the-dream-project daily 0.75 2024-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/76bac747-9264-4c05-8809-4d528119a23d/Oshana_D1-16.jpg The Dream Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/3366146f-619b-4645-b2a0-8c3af235cace/Oshana_D2-7.jpg The Dream Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/b82cd7e6-1dad-41c0-9afb-e52506bba3a3/Oshana_D2-11.jpg The Dream Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/bf9f6900-a8a0-4a0c-8175-53463f7d1ea4/Oshana_D2-18.jpg The Dream Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/73a3a80f-c867-47ea-afc5-45e50d4eeeb0/Oshana_D2-39.jpg The Dream Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/e394b3e2-7b86-4d91-b4da-222f374f1639/Oshana_D2-64.jpg The Dream Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/a0c8b8d7-ff6d-4414-844a-75fb38eb17b9/Oshana_D2-55.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/06bebe22-225c-48e4-abce-04a3b531fe6a/ChooseLove_Blue+logo.png https://www.makani.org.uk/i-am-lysistrata daily 0.75 2024-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/7b55d938-a0c4-45a9-859c-2287b1fd79ee/Untitled_Artwork+3.png I am Lysistrata - 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A letter to my absent husband, by Fadwa I will tell you what happened these three years since you left us to another world You were the first person to help me bear the hardships we went through You were there for me when I lost my two sons Death took them when they were young And when my home turned into ruins All my children have left to find a better life somewhere else You told me then that I had to be strong To scuffle with life and beat it You told me that one day you would leave me And I would have to stand alone You told me, “Keep living and be happy.” So that is what I do. 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artisanal fashion and homeware. Two of them are themselves women who have lived through the loss of their homeland. We have brought all of this experience together to form Makani, expanding from working solely in the Middle East, to also working with refugee women in the UK. Whether in London or Lebanon, thousands of refugee and asylum-seeking women today are grappling with trauma, living in poverty and isolation, and facing discrimination on all sides, including from within their own communities. Our vision is a world of freedom, dignity and equality for all refugee women. Until women enjoy those basic rights everywhere, we will ensure that within Makani we are creating a space that any refugee woman can call ‘my place’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61695928f4654852ccc75c9a/437f7c42-254e-454c-a927-b2566e99fe0d/Sabaraa-shoots-152.jpg Who we are - Our values: Feminism Courage Compassion Dignity We believe in: Refugee women’s inherent strength. The power of supportive female communities. 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