Collectiva Shamila

Collectiva Shamila (Arabic for inclusive) is a transnational collective of women engaged in multidimensional community building, peer-to-peer learning and co-creation. (2022-active)
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Sharq magazine

a print magazine catering to a large diaspora population of Arabs in the UK and beyond. the autumn 2025 issue is currently in production. (2005-ongoing)

Vocabulary of Values

a multi-disciplinary exploration of community through a values based lens, beyond the confines of traditional identity markers. (2025-ongoing)

Tarikhi story archive

Tarikhi (Arabic for ‘my history’) is an Arab/ic oral history archive. it houses 500 interviews conducted, recorded, and documented by sharq.org between 2012 and 2022, at a time when previously censored and silenced voices found strength through collective action and forged microphones from new opportunities to be heard. (2012-ongoing)

Liminal

people who are displaced live in liminal spaces. Liminal is an attempt to respond to questions about changing futures and identity in diverse creative ways. we begin with Syria. (2025-ongoing)

I Am Not A Vase

a theatrical play about the strength and courage of women, I Am Not a Vase is a celebration of women who refuse to be seen as vases – as decorative and devoid of societal value. (2018-ongoing)

Collectiva Souriyat

a collective of Syrian women activists initiated by sharq.org to help enhance the collaborative participation of Syrian women in peace building and politics. (2021-23)

Come Together

this series of free creative workshops and art festival facilitated and explored creative collaboration and cross-cultural harmony (2022)

religious identity, activism and conversion

an oral history training programme delivered in Arabic to civil society actors who where then mentored in the production of story collections on topics related to religious identity. (2021-22)