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On October 10th, Integration Centre Prague officially launched a new podcast series Salad Bowl of Prague: Voices as a part of the INTEGRA campaign. The series introduces the stories of 4 foreigners, who have settled down in Prague and who make it a more interesting and richer place. They run interesting restaurants, sew beautiful dresses or make delicious ice cream. What is it like to leave home for a foreign country and succeed in it? How do they deal with a language barrier, xenophobia and homesickness? And what can make a person leave their home? Each week from the 10th of October, you can listen to a story of Juanita of Indonesian origin, the Tibetan Sonam, Mimi from Vietnam and the Balkan family trio Biljan, Zlatka and Bojan. The podcasts (in Czech) are available at: https://saladbowlofprague.cz/voices/ but they can also be listened to on Spotify, iTunes, or Youtube.
The official launch took place as a part of the Open Doors event of Integration Centre Prague in the presence of three of the main protagonists as well as the author of the series, Petr Bouška, all of whom shared their experience with making the series. They all expressed hope that the series will help raise awareness about the presence of foreigners in Prague and help their better acceptance by the Czech majority. Sonam and Juanita prepared special Indonesian and Tibetan snacks for the occasion and the event ended with a musical performance by a Kurdish singer of Syrian origin, Miran Kasem.
Center for Peace, nonviolence and human rights is presenting Apamea, Syria as a part of its campaign “Architecture and History” in the framework of INTEGRA project.
On the bank of Syria’s Orontes River lie the remains of ancient city, Apamea. In 300 BC, the city was founded by Seleucus Nicator who served as a General under Alexander the Great. Before Apamea made its way as a major Hellenistic city and epicenter of the Seleucid Empire, it was known as Pharmake. Seleucus’s wife, Apame, was the inspiration for the new title.
Apamea served as the home to a population of an impressive half a million people. Among the half a million were many notable physicians, philosophers, academics and bishops of the time. In addition to its residents, Apamea was also known to host distinguished visitors such as Cleopatra and numerous Roman emperors.
The ancient city had the Roman Theatre at Apamea to be proud of in addition to the Great Colonnade. The theatre is massive with the credentials of an outstandingly large 139-meter seating section. It is estimated to have held audiences of over 20,000 people and there is only one other larger known theatre (Theatre of Pompey).
