PERFOMER Aine Tyrrell will return to Queenscliff Uniting Church this weekend for its annual Sacrededge festival.<\/p>\n
Aine will be the feature artist on the Friday evening, as well as presenting her story as part of a workshop on survival on the Saturday.<\/p>\n
She will share her story \u201cDream a new Dream\u201d which moves from domestic violence to \u201cbeing myself again after so many years of being lost\u201d.<\/p>\n
Sacrededge, which runs from May 4-6 (this weekend), celebrates diversity, ecology and spirituality.<\/p>\n
The presenters, artists and performers come from a variety of backgrounds \u2013 Indigenous, refugee, LGBTIQ people, carers for the earth.<\/p>\n
Muzafar Ali, whose story is featured in the documentary The Staging Post, will also join the Refugee Panel on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Muzafar worked as a photographer and interpreter with the UN in Afghanistan before escaping to Indonesia with his extended family \u2013 he is studying to be a social worker in Adelaide.<\/p>\n
The Staging Post follows two Afghan Hazara refugees, Muzafar and Khadim.<\/p>\n
Stuck in Indonesia after Australia \u201cstopped the boats\u201d and facing many years in limbo, they built a community and started the school which inspired a refugee education revolution.<\/p>\n
Day, evening and weekend tickets are still available for the festival.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit unitingqueenscliff.org.au.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PERFOMER Aine Tyrrell will return to Queenscliff Uniting Church this weekend for its annual Sacrededge festival. Aine will be the feature artist on the Friday evening, as well as presenting her story as part of a workshop on survival on the Saturday. She will share her story \u201cDream a new Dream\u201d which moves from domestic […]<\/p>\n