Festive Shopping Night – Space2b Social Design

Bandesh Gin Tasting with Farhad
After eight years in detention, Farhad walked out of Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation carrying his guitar. Farhad fled Iran in 2013 and looked to Australia to seek asylum. He was detained both in Christmas Island and Manus Island before arriving in Australia after exceptional circumstances. 'Kurdish people have suffered greatly through genocide, displacement and persecution. They still struggle today for independence, for country and freedom. They are not permitted to speak their own language, are stateless and cannot practice culture, music, art or dance’ – Farhad. Meet Farhad and learn about his personal journey. He will be offering boutique gin tastings for his four gins including Kurdish Gin and Kurdish Arak. @bandeshwine_spirits

Flavours of Syria with Nayran Tabiei
Food has always been at the heart of Nayran’s life and became a precious connection to home when the Syrian chef was forced to flee Damascus during the civil war. Now a proud Melburnian, Nayran manages the Flavours of Syria café, the welcoming café in our colourful laneway. Nayran will be firing up the bbq out front of Space2b for our Together Celebration & Shopping night. Enjoy sizzling kebabs, chicken skewers and homemade falafel with Nayran’s famous breads and salad.
Come and meet Nayran and hear more about her story, her food and her culture.
@flavours_of_syria

Music with Nayran Tabiei
Andrea Martínez Vásquez, known as AMAVA is a South American performer, daughter of the Andes Mountains. She is a musician, social worker, activist and self-taught artist. She has acquired her knowledge from the masters of ancestral and popular South American culture. In her performances, she takes audiences on a journey through sounds and territories of Abya Yala and the mixed triad of sounds inherited from Native American, European and African traditions. Amava is a solo artist, a duo and part of Lavandita Carnival, a group of Chilean migrants based in Melbourne that brings the sounds of the Andes through music, dance and theatre from the land of Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Ecuador.