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Palestine House

Palestine House is a five-storey building in London that – if finished – will be a beating heart of Palestinian culture and organising. It will host a wide range of cultural events, from film screenings to lectures, book readings to concerts and so much more besides. The building will also be a place to meet, a place to work from or simply reflect. Now more than ever we need a space like this. Every penny raised goes towards the construction and launch of the space, let’s come together to finish it!

Palestine House is the birth of a dream I had some 17 years ago as a young refugee when I was feeling lonely and sought refuge from the world.

Where I could be myself – physically, mentally and creatively – without questions. Palestine House is a place which I always felt was missing – an embassy to show that we are real and recognised, represented and rejoiced. 

We have taken the ingredients of Palestine and cooked up a space from the different flavours of Palestinian towns and cities – to share the incredible beauty of our treasured land. In my journeys around the world, I met people from Cuba, Jamaica and Ireland who were nicknamed ‘Palestinos’. I was told that many communities that are persecuted, marginalised and discriminated against use Palestine as their symbol, as their flag of resilience and strength. 

So, Palestine House is for everyone, a place not just for Palestinians, but for all those people from lands where they have been made into refugees and seek a sense of belonging. A place where we can accumulate all of this pain and sorrow and convert it into strength and beauty. A place where we celebrate diversity and encourage difference to be our strength rather than our weakness. 

We are created as humans on this earth, I believe, to create love and prosperity and to make this world better. This is culturally engraved in our minds as Palestinian children.

Palestine House is a place to honour decades of struggle and endurance and a commitment to dignity no matter what the world throws at us.

Palestine House has been three years in the making but we need your help to finish it. Please be a part of this dream and help us establish this refuge and cultural embassy in the capital. If we hit our target we can launch later this summer.

Osama Qashoo

For more information visit their crowdfunding page here.