AWARENESS + ADVOCACY
Browse through our key campaigns, collaborations and advocacy activities.
2023
Nov 2023
UNINVITE ASSAD: COP28
Waad’s message outside Manchester City's Etihad Stadium, urging Assad to be uninvited to the COP28 climate conference.
Jun 2023
‘Belongings’: our pop-up exhibition in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration to raise awareness on refugee stories and forced displacement.REFUGEE WEEK: IOM
Aug 2023
WAAD VISITS UKRAINE
To commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Chemical Weapon attacks in Syria, Waad joined other Syrian civil society members to engage high-level officials in Kyiv.
Feb 2023
SYRIA HOUSE: LONDON
A ‘home away from home’ in Trafalgar Square, created by the Syrian community for all those who wished to pay their respects to the lives lost in the Syria-Türkiye earthquakes.Aug 2023
FREE SYRIA’S DISAPPEARED
AFS joined FSD as a founding member of a Syrian-led advocacy coalition building a global movement to demand freedom for Syria’s disappeared.
Feb 2023
HERO TO ZERO: UN STAND NYC
We delivered a message outside UN HQ in New York about the inaction of the UN to the earthquake response, particularly in NW Syria. 2022
Oct 2022
WALK WITH AMAL
Waad and Sama meet Little Amal - a 12 foot puppet of a Syrian refugee girl walking across the globe, drawing attention to the huge numbers of children fleeing war, violence and persecution. Jun 2022
MP ACTION: DEPORTATION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS
Waad encourages the public to email their MP to oppose the UK government’s plans to deport dozens of asylum seekers to Rwanda. Jun 2022
DISINFORMATION REPORT
Hamza contributed to a powerful disinformation report by The Syria Campaign about how online conspiracies about Syria cause real-world harmApr 2022
STOP BOMBING HOSPITALS CAMPAIGN
A global campaign to shed light on the attacks carried out against healthcare workers in Syria and Ukraine.Mar 2022
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY TALK
“We Are The Women of the Syrian Revolution” webinar featured Waad, Mazaya and The White Helmets sharing insights on women on the ground in Syria, their work, vision and hopes for the country.2021
Dec 2021
WAAD: UN SECURITY COUNCIL SPEECH
Waad al-Kateab spoke at the UN Security Council’s Arria Formula meeting on Accountability in Syria. Dec 2021
DISPLACEMENT VIDEO SERIES
AFS launched a storytelling series featuring video interviews about displacement. Voices include first responders, humanitarians, local council members, journalists and families. Jun 2021
On World Refugee Day AFS revealed special wall murals in East London and Idlib which became hubs for discussions on accountability and justice, refugees and for the fight to free detainees.REFUGEE DAY WALL MURAL
10 YEARS: SYRIAN REVOLUTION
Mar 2021
To mark 10 years since the Syrian revolution, AFS launched a campaign featuring viral FB Frame and bespoke “We Dared to Dream” paintings given to celebrity supporters of AFS.June 2020
2020
WATCH FOR SAMA, ACT FOR SYRIA
On the 9th anniversary of the Syrian revolution, AFS launched a movement with The Syria Campaign to ask British MPs to watch For Sama and act to protect civilians in Idlib.Feb 2020
WAAD’S OSCARS DRESS
Waad makes a statement at the 2020 Academy Awards, wearing a dress covered in Arabic embroidery "We dared to dream, and we will not regret dignity."Jan 2020
PUBLIC STAND OUTSIDE UN HQ
AFS joined forces with a coalition of NGOs to deliver a critical message about the international community’s failure to act to stop the killing in Syria.
