Check out the photos below of the graduating class of April 2015! The children at our Malki Center had a graduation party, complete with every child receiving a handmade quilt. These quilts were made by devoted crafters in the states, and are prized possessions by many of the children and their parents. They have a tag...
Category: Art
New! Buy Persian Playing Cards, Support SCM
We received a case of playing cards with beautiful images from Persian artists. The cards are in a standard deck, coated, and ready for play. We are selling them for $15 per deck, and that includes shipping to you. Please follow this link to our donation page to purchase.
How Art Is Helping Children in One Syrian Refugee Camp
This is the first in a series co-produced by Syria Deeply and Hyperallergic, investigating the visual and cultural responses to the crisis in Syria. Among the many disquieting truths that appear in the sprawling report from the Za’atari refugee camp recently penned by the New Yorker’s David Remnick, an exchange with a UNICEF official Dominique...
Amman art gallery to hold fundraiser for Syrian Refugees
When our group is in Jordan on the 22nd of March we will be having a fund raiser at an art gallery in Amman. The artist is quite well know and his wife, Alia, runs the Syrian women’s clinic in Camp Hussein in Amman. He has offered to give us 50 percent of the proceeds from the...
Celebration of the Life of Omar Batiste . . . this evening . . . Music, Songs, and Dance
This evening, Friday 25 February 2011, friends and acquaintances of the late Omar Batiste are celebrating his life at 7:00 PM at the Continental Restaurant, in Seattle near the UW, at 4549 University Way NE. 206-632-4700. A special dinner menu and unique wine selection will be available. Performers: Stephen Elaimy, Oud Walid Farhoud, Qanoun /...