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Refugee Week 2012 - Interview with Cerys MatthewsWed, 2012-06-20 20:07
Cerys Matthews talks about her love of traditional folk songs, her collaborations with Attab Haddad on the oud, and her... See details
Wed, 2012-06-20 20:07Cerys Matthews talks about her love of traditional folk songs, her collaborations with Attab Haddad on the oud, and her belief that music is a uniting factor amongst communities worldwide.
Refugee Week 2012 - Interview with Gizem DalmisWed, 2012-06-20 18:22
Gizem Dalmis, Kurdish singer and colleague of Peyman Heydarian in the SOAS Kurdish Band, talks about the theme of... See details
Wed, 2012-06-20 18:22Gizem Dalmis, Kurdish singer and colleague of Peyman Heydarian in the SOAS Kurdish Band, talks about the theme of refugees in the songs they perform, and admits she hasn't seen much improvement in the treatment of refugees here in the UK over the last few years.
Refugee Week 2012 - Interview with Peyman HeydarianWed, 2012-06-20 18:07
Peyman Heydarian is an Iranian musician who plays the santur and the daff, He has developed a very innovative style of... See details
Wed, 2012-06-20 18:07Peyman Heydarian is an Iranian musician who plays the santur and the daff, He has developed a very innovative style of playing, and teaches Persian music and santur professionally at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He also runs the SOAS Kurdish Band. He was performing several...
Refugee Week 2012 - Interview with Lemn SissayWed, 2012-06-20 18:00
Lemn Sissay is a British-Ethiopian poet, author and playwright, and the first poet to write for the Olympics 2012. He... See details
Wed, 2012-06-20 18:00Lemn Sissay is a British-Ethiopian poet, author and playwright, and the first poet to write for the Olympics 2012. He has also received an MBE from the queen for Services to Literature. SOAS Radio spoke to him at Celebrating Sanctuary 2012 about his work, the major influences for his writing,...
Refugee Week 2012 - Interview with Attab HaddadWed, 2012-06-20 17:50
Attab Haddad is a British-Iraqi oud player, who went from being a City banker to training as a sound engineer, to... See details
Wed, 2012-06-20 17:50Attab Haddad is a British-Iraqi oud player, who went from being a City banker to training as a sound engineer, to finally becoming a professional oud player. He speaks of his newly released album, his innovative style in oud-playing, and ends with an important message about the British asylum...
Refugee Week 2012 - Interview with Aissata Thiam Wed, 2012-06-20 17:40
Aissata Thiam is a Guinean poet and asylum seeker who has collaborated with the UK Charity English Pen. She speaks... See details
Wed, 2012-06-20 17:40Aissata Thiam is a Guinean poet and asylum seeker who has collaborated with the UK Charity English Pen. She speaks about the influences on her work, which include immigration and the sensation of being a foreigner, and the difficulty in being an asylum seeker here in the UK.
Refugee Week 2012 - Interview with Tres BWed, 2012-06-20 17:34
Tres B is a young, up-and-coming musician originating from the Congo. Homeless and orphaned in London aged 16, he got... See details
Wed, 2012-06-20 17:34Tres B is a young, up-and-coming musician originating from the Congo. Homeless and orphaned in London aged 16, he got his break when Prince William heard him performing at the Centrepoint hostel and was so impressed that he invited Tres to Clarence House to perform again. In a brief interview...
Refugee Week 2012 - Interview with Yaya YosofWed, 2012-06-20 17:05
Yaya Yosof is a Sudanese poet who recently worked on a collaboration with UK charity English Pen. He talks about the... See details
Wed, 2012-06-20 17:05Yaya Yosof is a Sudanese poet who recently worked on a collaboration with UK charity English Pen. He talks about the themes running through his poetry and asylum process in the UK during the current period of austerity,
Refugee Week 2012 - Interview with Reem KelaniWed, 2012-06-20 16:54
Reem Kelani is a globally renowned Palestinian singer. SOAS Radio caught up with her at Celebrating Sanctuary to talk... See details
Wed, 2012-06-20 16:54Reem Kelani is a globally renowned Palestinian singer. SOAS Radio caught up with her at Celebrating Sanctuary to talk about the influences of her very unique music, which includes American jazz and Palestinian folk music, and her thoughts on the impact of the asylum process on refugees and asylum...
Celebrating Sanctuary 2009 Fri, 2010-06-11 03:00
This Celebrating Sanctuary podcast offers a taster of the 2009, 10th anniversary edition of the festival that... See details
Fri, 2010-06-11 03:00This Celebrating Sanctuary podcast offers a taster of the 2009, 10th anniversary edition of the festival that celebrates the art of Refugee Communities in the UK. Celebrating Sanctuary launches Refugee Week with a cornucopia of music, spoken word, dance and food. The 2010 edition of Celebrating...
Celebrating Sanctuary 2009 Preview Podcast Thu, 2009-06-11 03:00
In this special show, Rita Ray -co-programmer of Celebrating Sanctuary- presents a selection of music from this year's... See details
Thu, 2009-06-11 03:00In this special show, Rita Ray -co-programmer of Celebrating Sanctuary- presents a selection of music from this year's live programme, with tracks from Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, Nobody, Bana Etike Grupo Lokito, Font, Kal, Poetic Pilgrimage + Aziza Brahim and Longjon La Flecha.