by Qaisra Shahraz | Mar 9, 2016 | Blog, Events & News, Featured Posts, News, News, Press, News,Articles, Previous events
On 4th March 2016, 6pm at the People’s History Museum it was a real pleasure to take part in a diverse panel with a group of women of all backgrounds in an event part of ‘Wonder Women’ festival. Our topic for discussion was “What are we...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Mar 9, 2016 | A Pair Of Jeans, Blog, Books, Events & News, Germany 2016, News, News, Previous events, Revolt, The Holy and the Unholy, The Holy Woman, Tours, Typhoon
What a pleasure it was to visit Norbert Gymnasium Catholic School in February when I went to attend the Didacta Book Fair in Cologne. It is a marvelous school in the country side in Dormagen, near the city of Cologne in Germany. This visit was kindly arranged by my...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog, Books, Events & News, News, News, Previous events
My Visit It was a pleasure to visit KD Grammar to celebrate World Book Day. I was invited by the Headmaster Mr Charlie Milne, who I had the pleasure of meeting at a community Christmas part in Manchester. Celebrating Books I loved interacting with KD...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Mar 5, 2016 | #WeStandTogether, Events & News, News, Previous events
On 28th February the management of the temple Guru Nanak Devji Gurdwara in Monton St in Manchester, partnership with #We Stand Together – hosted a marvelous event. What a marvelous time we had we learnt so much and tasted marvelous hospitality through Langar...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Mar 2, 2016 | #WeStandTogether, Events & News, News, News, Previous events
Event: What are we chaining ourselves to the railings for today ? A discussion on modern feminism Link: http://www.phm.org.uk/whatson/what-are-we-chaining-ourselves-to-the-railings-for-today/ Date: 4th March 2016 Time: 18:00 – 20:00...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Mar 2, 2016 | #WeStandTogether, Blog, Events & News, News, News, Previous events
Date: 03 March 2016 Time: 9AM to 12:30PM Venue: KD Grammar School for Boys Hartley Hall Alexandra Road South Manchester M16 8NH Looking forward to talk about books, my love of literature & my writing life. I hope to inspire young students...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Feb 25, 2016 | #WeStandTogether, Blog, Events & News, Srebenica Memorial, Tours, Travels
Sarajevo – Talk by our host, Resad Trbonja and Shopping tour of the city First thing in the morning we had a talk by our host Resad. He shared his poignant world with us living through the war in his youth. We found it listening to him fascinating and humbling....
by Qaisra Shahraz | Feb 25, 2016 | #WeStandTogether, Blog, Events & News, Previous events, Srebenica Memorial, Tours, Travels
Visit to Potocari Memorial Centre This is the day I was especially looking forward to, time to visit and pay our respect to the victims of the Bosnian genocide where over 8000 men and young boys were massacred over three days in and around Srebrenica. On the way we...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Feb 25, 2016 | #WeStandTogether, Blog, Events & News, Previous events, Travels
Introduction On 11 July, in 1995, Bosnian Serb forces, led by General Ratko Mladić, systematically massacred 8,372 men and boys. It was the greatest atrocity on European soil since the Second World War. These individuals are more than just a statistic; they were the...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Feb 25, 2016 | #WeStandTogether, Blog, Books, Events & News, Previous events, Srebenica Memorial, Tours, Travels, Typhoon
Medica Zenica On the second day we had the privilege of visiting Medica Zenica, a women therapy center for survivors of war and rape victims and meeting the wonderful Director, Dr. Sabiha Husić who manages this very special place. The NGOs we met with are very...
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