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HeadlineEast London’s first Refugee Supper Club

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StandfirstA new refugee supper club is raising funds for women refugees

Majeda Khoury, a human rights activist and Syrian refugee, has launched East London’s first ‘Refugee Supper Club.’

The human rights activist had an unusual motivation to start it up.

The Syrian revolution lead her to suddenly become a refugee – forced to flee her war-torn home.

Majeda was previously imprisoned in Syria for feeding other refugees coming into Damascus.

She says this is just one of the trials and tribulations that women fleeing Syria had to face.

Why a supper club?

Upon her arrival in the U.K, Majeda wanted to do something to integrate herself into society and improve her English.

Her friend introduced her to a cooking club where she met hundreds of women like her.

To her, the supper club is a way of giving back to other women currently in her situation.

Majeda, who settled without her husband and two sons,  plans on putting the raised money from the event towards her ambitions to set up a catering company for women refugees.

At £36 per ticket, all money raised from the supper will go towards Majeda’s cause.

When asked what makes London the best place to begin such a company by City News, she had this to say:

“London is a very impressive city and a very global city. The people like to taste everything. They like to discover food and experience food. I found London is the best place to present your food and country.”

Furthermore, Professor Sue Clayton, renowned for her documentary: ‘CALAIS CHILDREN A CASE TO ANSWER’ hinks the supper club is a great idea.

“Lots of the refugees and younger people that I work with have this image of London as very cosmopolitan.

Lots of places where they’ll find their own food, their own culture, and music and everything so they think it’ll be really easy because it’s so big and diverse.”