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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

"AFGHAN GIRL" EP OUT NOW. 15th August 2021, the world collapsed for Afghan people. For women and girls, it was their worst nightmare. Music duo Zarifa Asghari & Eva Kearney have released an EP recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios www.beyondskin.net/afghan-girl-ep

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

#EarthDay Artwork purchased from Shamsia Hassani

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"The risks are terrifying. We have families" What is it like to set up an event/festival to enable change. Shifting The Safe Space The Soultrane and Beyond Skin interview. youtu.be/N4iPz7AFl00?...

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Shifting The Safe Space (Soultrane Beyond Skin)

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Painted by a Mother escaping a regime who wanted nothing more than getting her daughter to a safe shore. Arrived in Northern Ireland protected by other mothers. #welcome #mothersday❤️

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

"Unstoppable" Sia featuring Miraculous Love Kids (Afghan Girls with Guitars Group). The girls remain in a very dangerous situation about to be deported back to Afghanistan, and efforts are being made to resettle them in Northern Ireland, led by a consortium of friends in the music.

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

An Iranian artist Mozghan who escaped oppression with her daughter to Northern Ireland painted this. She is also an interior designer and set up restaurants in Iran before restrictions on women got tighter. #Nowruz celebrations take place this week, marking start of spring on the Persian calendar.

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

#stpatricksday teaser. The Persian, Kurdish, Celtic Connection concert film. Released late Spring. Sara Fotros Cormac Ó Briain Behnam Ghazanfaripour Omid Asghari Nasim Heidari Conor Pelan Swar Ahmed

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

#stpatricksday Daragh Lynch (Lankum) & Iona Zajac "Clear Away In The Morning" Written by Gordon Bok. Recorded live in Belfast at the Duncairn Arts Centre. youtu.be/lhSXaXGsGZ0?... Our full concert also featured performances from musicians from Ireland, India, Iran, Afghanistan, and USA.

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Daragh Lynch & Iona Zajac "Clear Away In The Morning"

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Stuart Bailie @stubailie.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Many life-affirming moments yesterday – Afghan Women: The Solidarity Concert, Belfast. Sonita Alizadeh, Zarifa Asghari, Eva Kearney, Elaha Soroor, Ulster Orchestra & Alaskan conductor Dr Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey. Credit to @beyondskin.bsky.social for enormous effort and care. 📷 Stuart Bailie

Sonita Alizadeh and Daz Forsythe in concert. Afghan Women: The Solidarity Concert in Belfast, 08.03.25

Elaha Soroor in concert. Afghan Women: The Solidarity Concert in Belfast, 08.03.25. Photo by Stuart Bailie

Sonita Alizadeh and Elaha Soroor in concert. Afghan Women: The Solidarity Concert in Belfast, 08.03.25. Photo by Stuart Bailie

Afghan Women: The Solidarity Concert in Belfast, 08.03.25. Photo by Stuart Bailie

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Stuart Bailie @stubailie.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Tomorrow. Inspiring work, as ever, from @beyondskin.bsky.social. Two Belfast concerts with the Ulster Orchestra in solidarity with Afghan women. Sonita Alizadeh is an Afghan rapper, film-maker and activist.

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

"But, as always, there is hope. The hope comes in the form of women in Belfast with its UNESCO City of Music Status. 👇 belfastmedia.com/arts-allow-t... Afghan Women Solidarity Concert Saturday 8th March 4pm and 7pm shows Tickets via Ulster Orchestra website www.ulsterorchestra.org.uk/whats-on/

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ARTS: Let's allow women the freedom to create

THE plight of Afghan women cannot be overstated. My first experience of them was in Chicago when a group of young women who had been studying in Canada and were lobbying to stop the war in Afghanistan...

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

"Сестра" (Sister) Masha Myndru 🇺🇦 Cut Rubber and Lisburn Harmony Choir. youtu.be/hKGh9Kev7lw?...

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"Сестра (Sister)" Masha Myndru, Lisburn Harmony Choir and Cut Rubber

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Afghan musician and activist for the end of violence against women and girls, Sonita Alizadeh waiting in Canada for visitor visa to come to #Belfast to speak and perform at many events for #IWD2025 Afghanistan Mens Cricket Team got UK visas. #AfghanWomen rights is not a game.

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Singer Masha 🇺🇦 punk rock band. Cut Rubber and Lisburn Harmony Ladies Choir "Сестра" (Sister) youtu.be/hKGh9Kev7lw?... #solidarity #togetherness

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"Сестра (Sister)" Masha Myndru, Lisburn Harmony Choir and Cut Rubber

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Afghan and Northern Irish songwriting duo Zarifa & Eva will join Sonita Alizadeh, musicians from the Ulster Orchestra, and other guests to be announced. Afghan Women Solidarity Concert Belfast City of Music 8th March To end oppression and violence against women & girls. beyondskin.net/iwd25

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT Afghan Women Solidarity Concert and Fringe Programme (To end oppression and violence against women and girls) Our first special guest announcement is Sonita Alizada Afghanistan's most famous rap star and girls rights activist. Full press release www.beyondskin.net/iwd25-pr-31jan

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Beyond Skin is 21 today ! Sharing the love and best wishes to all who have been part of our journey. If anyone wishes to donate to us as a birthday gift to support our projects, there are various options for how to donate on our homepage. www.beyondskin.net Photography: Liudmila Chernetska

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Celebrating Tradition: A Journey Through Folksongs. A blog by Amita Ravikirana and link to Sound of Belfast concert footage. beyondskin.net/amita

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

"What can be said in New Year rhymes, That’s not been said a thousand times? We rise up laughing with the light, We lie down weeping with the night. We hug the world until it stings, We curse it then and sigh for wings. We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear, And that’s the burden of a year."

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Sending you all love and hugs over the Christmas holidays ❤️ Artwork painted in secret by a young woman in Afghanistan.

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Beyond Skin @beyondskin.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

#Belfast #CityofMusic will host #AfghanWomen Solidarity Concert on International Women's Day 2025 with special guests performing with Ulster Orchestra plus a fringe programme with guests and partners from business, community, arts, education sectors. beyondskin.net/IWD25

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