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SUMMARY:Somali Week Festival Launch 2022
DESCRIPTION:Somali Week Festival Launch 2022 - Friday 21 October 7.00 to 1
 0.00pm / The British Library\, Entrance Hall\, 96 Euston Road\, NW1 2DB\n\
 nEnjoy an evening of conversation and performance at the launch of this ye
 ar’s festival.\n\n\n\n\nThis event takes place at the British Library.\n
 \nDoors open at 18.30.\n\nThe launch of the 14th anniversary of Somali Wee
 k Festival brings together a diverse collection of Somali creatives to e
 xplore the relationships between modern and traditional art forms.\n\nThis
  year the festival is opened by The Honourable Suldaan Said Ahmed\, a Mem
 ber of Finnish Parliament and the country’s Special Representative on Pe
 ace Mediation in the Horn of Africa.\n\nProfessor Siciid Salah will con
 tribute reflections on the theme of the intersection of tradition and mode
 rnity.\n\nA panel conversation\, chaired by educator and presenter Baar 
 Hersi\, and featuring the director of the first Somali Oscar-nominated mo
 vie\, The Gravedigger’s Wife\, Khadar Ayderus Ahmed\; British music p
 roducer and Columbia A&amp\;R manager Muna Ruumi\;  Fadumo Ali\, founde
 r and CEO of Finnish healthcare company Hoiwa Oy\, and author and transla
 tor Abdiaziz Guudcadde\, consider the diversity of Somali creativity and
  how artists inspire and influence each other.\n\nThe evening concludes wi
 th live music from Ikran Jama and traditional Somali dance group Qoraa
 n.\n\nThe Somali Week Festival runs from Friday 21 October – Sunday 30
  October. The theme for this year’s festival explores the intersection o
 f tradition and modernity within the art forms. Over the festival\, expect
  book launches\, poetry recitals\, film screenings\, children’s day\, mu
 sic and much more!\n\nSWF 2022 caters to the wider UK audience with event
 s in Somali and English and creates points of access for Somalis\, and a g
 rowing number of non-Somalis\, to engage with Somali music\, arts and lite
 rature.\n\nKayd Somali Arts and Culture co-ordinates regular artistic an
 d cultural events in the UK including Somali Week Festival. It aims to con
 tribute to the appreciation of the rich Somali culture and its diversity t
 hrough art\, literature\, poetry\, music\, theatre and debates and discuss
 ions.\n\nThis event will not be live-streamed.\n\nFIND OUT MORE AND BOOK\n
 \n\n\n\n\nDetails\n\n\n\n\nName:\nSomali Week Festival Launch 2022\n\n\nWh
 ere:\nEntrance Hall\nThe British Library\n96 Euston Road\nLondon\nNW1 2DB\
 nShow Map      How to get to the Library\n\n\nWhen:\nFri 21 Oct 202
 2\, 19:00 - 22:00\n\n\nPrice:\nFull Price: £10.00\nStudent: £5.00\nReg
 istered Unemployed: £5.00\nDisabled: £5.00\nSenior (60+): £9.00\nYoung 
 Person (18-25): £5.00\n\n\nEnquiries:\n+44 (0)1937 546546\nboxoffice@bl.u
 k\n\n\n\n\n
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