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This winter, Amos Trust brings Palestinian voices, music, and stories to the UK, and the Glasgow stop – presented in collaboration with PalCafe – promises an unforgettable evening of hope, solidarity, and culture. The event features members of the GAZA SUNBIRDS Para Cycling Team.All proceeds will support the Amos Christmas Appeal, funding vital work in the West Bank and Gaza. Don’t miss this powerful celebration of resilience and creativity!
The Gaza Sunbirds are a network of athletes, professionals & volunteers turning resilience into international representation, global advocacy, and lifesaving aid.
2018: the cyclist who refused to stop
Alaa Al-Dali was one of Palestine’s leading cyclists. After 6 years of being denied the freedom to race abroad by the Israeli siege, he won a place at the Asian Games in Jakarta. 2 months before the competition, Israeli forces shot him in the leg at the Great March of Return. Denied medical evacuation, he faced a choice between his leg and his life. He called it “the amputation of his dream.”
Within a month, he was back on his bike. That recovery became the beginning of Gaza Sunbirds: the belief that if one amputee cyclist could return to the sport, a whole team could raise the Palestinian flag on the world stage.
"We are not aid workers, but athletes who know how to make things happen in Gaza. Our staff, athletes and volunteers source food from remaining farms, warehouses and supermarkets, and distribute it across the south of the Gaza Strip, reaching places traditional aid organisations no longer can."
https://gazasunbirds.org/
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Event venue
Kelvin West Parish Church, 77 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8LE, United Kingdom
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