More than a mentoring scheme, the Refugee Journalism Project primarily aims to place and offer job opportunities and experience to exiled journalists in the UK. Fardous Bahbouh, a participant talks about a recent project she… Read More »Using theatre to empower refugees
The Refugee Journalism Project Coordinator, Tessa Hughes, and project participant, Abdulwahab Tahhan, recently took part in the Southern Europe Migrant Dilemmas: Better Integration Methods Project. Here they share their experiences of the initiative. The event took place… Read More »Capturing the added value of integration
The Refugee Journalism Project aims to connect its participants with established UK-based journalists through mentoring. Mentor Nabeelah Shabbir and mentee Abdulwahab Tahhan reflect on their mentoring experiences. Nabeelah Shabbir On Boxing Day an acquaintance, Polish… Read More »Reflecting on the mentoring experience
By bringing together disparate individuals, The Refugee Journalism Project aims to create a network that reaps the benefits of collaborative working. Whether it’s a UK journalism student filming with a Syrian translator; an Afghan film-maker reporting… Read More »Harmony through collaboration
by Shahd Abusalama As world leaders were meeting in New York for the UN Migration Summit, activists transformed Parliament Square, the doorstep of British decision makers, into a graveyard of thousands of lifejackets. These lifejackets… Read More »It will take more than sympathy to save refugees from drowning in lifejackets
Refugee Journalism Project participants visited the Guardian where they learned about the history of the paper as well as the day-to-day business of the Guardian.
October 3, 2013 marked a black chapter in the history of the small East African nation of Eritrea – a country that gained its independence from its larger neighbour, Ethiopia, in May 1991. For Eritreans,… Read More »Eritrea: A Country In Transition
Afghan refugees celebrate their cultural festivals, not only for fun and entertainment, but also to teach and enrich their children’s knowledge of Afghan culture and traditions.
Fardous Bahbouh writes about her experiences of volunteering in the UK Excitement and anticipation were at high levels at the busy St Pancras International station, as Khaled and Mazen (pseudonyms for two Syrian child refugees)… Read More »What I’ve gained from volunteering with refugees
Abdulwahab Tahhan writes about attending the Centre for Investigative Journalism’s summer conference. As an inexperienced, and at best a citizen journalist who hasn’t published more than a couple of articles and a film, I was… Read More »Learning about tools for investigative journalism