"The Fox" by Mohammad Ali Malek

 "THE FOX" A new little book by Mohammad Ali Maleki

Mohammad spent eight years on Manus Island and remains in detention today in Australia.

Illustrations by: Leila Ashtiani, Janet Galbraith, Jen Tyers, Anita Kelly, Naser, First Dog on the Moon, Mandy Ord, Mars Drum, Fakhr, Eaten Fish, Sina, Rachael Wenona Guy, Michael Camilleri & Daisy Noyes

Published by Writing Through Fences

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“The Fox” is a tale about power and it’s uncertainty, and follows a hungry animal roaming the countryside for food. 
Mohammad says “Unfortunately, everyone who comes to power thinks that they can make decisions for everyone. Unaware that, like the story of the fox, they forget what they were and what they can become.

“I wrote this story that God will give human beings as much power as they deserve.  No more than they deserve.”
Mohammad presents this story “with the hope that one day all prisons and detention centres will be empty of innocent people.”

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All profit from book sales will go directly to Mohammad.

Cost $12 (+ $2.25 postage)

Available online on the SHOP page at: www.writingthroughfences.org

Mandolins in Brisbane Concert

Don't miss this wonderful afternoon of music and support refugees and people seeking asylum in our community.

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Redlands for Refugees is proud to present the Scattered People film by Being Reel Films. 

VENUE: Trinity Uniting Church, 47 Marlborough Rd. Wellington Point. Redland City. 

DATE: Sunday June 27 TIME: 2.30 - 4.30 pm 

Coffee Van will be on site after the screening. 

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An inspiring and thought-provoking documentary. Music can heal and transform on a personal and community level. But can it build a bridge between middle Australia and some of the world's most vulnerable people? Through the eyes and hearts of two Iranian musicians, Scattered People is a story about the healing power of music, bringing together people, cultures and countries while exploring Australians' attitudes towards people seeking asylum. Scattered People is about the power of music to create change and restore hope. It is a story of restitution and hope, of shared humanity and the role music can play in forging bonds of friendship and respect and giving voice to otherwise unsung heroes. 

It features interviews with music icons including Missy Higgins, John Butler, Archie Roach, Michael Franti, Katie Noonan, Dan Sultan, Baker Boy, Harry James Angus and more. The Scattered People are a band of kindred spirit musicians in Brisbane, Australia who play, write and record the music and stories of asylum seekers they encounter in detention and community centres, producing high quality albums. We follow their relationships, rehearsals and public performances and hear their heartfelt stories of courage and character as they create Sugarmill Road, their last album. The SCATTERED PEOPLE film is an inspiring and thought-provoking documentary about our music and our humanity which paint a picture of life as a musician seeking asylum in an unwelcoming country. 

Being Reel Films was founded with a vision to produce real life stories of humanity to counterbalance an increasingly commercialised and impersonalised world. Being Reel Films is humanitarian, progressive, enabling and empowering, and is driven by universal values of peace, freedom, social progress, equal rights and human dignity, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights half a century ago. The purpose of Being Reel Films is to create films, documentaries and social impact projects with stakeholders that disrupts and creates positive change with 

real-world outcomes.

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