Kites for Palestine – A global kite-flying day in solidarity with the children of Gaza. Gazan children broke the world record for the most kites flown simultaneously across the Gaza strip in 2011, with over 12,000 kites flown.

On Saturday 22nd June we will join the global movement from London to fly kites for Palestine. This will be a two- part day. In the morning, we will host a workshop with a community group/ individuals creating kites (25 participants). This will be facilitated by Zafeerah and volunteers from KIS. Then, in the afternoon, we will congregate in the local park (location TBC) and fly kites collectively. We will have a short welcome, thank you and poetry reading of Reefat Alareer’s poem ‘You must live to tell my story’ before flying kites with the public.

Info on how to join TBA.

Zafeerah is a Creative Producer, Visual Artist, and founder of Paintbrush&Co. After graduating with a BA in Law, she has gone on to work with leading organisations to produce cultural projects, public art and work with communities across the UK. Using her multi-disciplinary art practice, Zafeerah developed Pb&Co to curate creative spaces that centre and celebrate the global majority. Zafeerah’s art explores themes of love, grief and community through fine art and digital mediums. In her current developing project ‘All the things we have loved’, she combines illustration, lino printing and ceramics as a method of archiving and storytelling memories and joy. Previously, her work from the project ‘Searching for you, searching for me’ has been published and exhibited on billboards nationwide.

Kites in Solidarity is a grassroots movement of volunteers which was founded in 2023 in response to the ongoing siege of Gaza. The movement was inspired by the 2011 world record for the most kites flown simultaneously, which was achieved by children of the Gaza Strip.