Name: Are We Home: Loss, Identities and Belonging in the East End of London
Start: 2026-03-27T18:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-27T21:30:00+00:00
Location: Gallery Cafe

Are We Home: Loss, Identities and Belonging in the East End of London

Join us in the East End to explore stories of loss, identity, and what makes us feel at home.
About this Event

This is a story about loss and belonging. She used to be a foreign student, a migrant, a guest; her existence here was marked by transience. Then she met Dave. Through knowing Dave and losing him, she came to understand the meaning of “home”.

This is simultaneously a memoir about collective grief and struggle – about how people come to the East End of London and build lasting communities here by fighting poverty, racism and far-right violence over the decades. A story about how they continue to resist today – how they find themselves once more and call this place home.

Come & join our book chat!

Shahena Begum (Artist), Abdullah Faliq (United East End), Panos Theodoropoulos (Sociologist, King’s College) & Hsiao-Hung Pai will be sharing their stories.

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