A World BEYOND War Australia symposium (in association with the Victorian Quaker Centre) Monday 15 June 2026 from 9:00am-1:00pm AEST (find the time in your time zone) This event will be livestreamed. Please register on this page for the Zoom link.

Between the two periods of Taliban rule (roughly 2001–2021), Afghanistan saw a dense landscape of civil society initiatives around peacebuilding, women’s rights, and gender equality, led by Afghan NGOs, informal community groups, and international partners.

Afghans who fled after August 2021 have become key actors in keeping Afghan peace, social justice and gender equality struggles alive from exile, combining direct support to people inside Afghanistan with advocacy, movement-building and institution-building abroad.

This symposium, organised by World BEYOND War Australia (the Australian chapter of the international World BEYOND War movement), will explore a number of themes related to Afghans promoting peace and social justice in new lands.

We have three impressive keynote speakers:

• Dr. Mujib Abid, a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Initiative for Peacebuilding at the University of Melbourne, is an Afghan-Australian scholar of modern Afghan history, peace studies and political theory whose current work focuses on the Afghan diaspora in Australia.
• Efat Abulfazil, a peace advocate now living in Italy, has a long history of promoting mental health, gender equality, and nonviolence in communities affected by conflict and displacement. Efat is the founder of the Malika Soraa Foundation.
• Nemat Ahangosh, a peacebuilder, poet, and activist now living in the UK. Nemat is the founder of Stretch More, a UK registered charity dedicated to empowering disabled individuals in conflict zones and disaster-prone areas.

Afternoon tea at the library to celebrate the launch of City of Onkaparinga’s Refugee Week Art Project 2026 Exhibition.

City of Onkaparinga’s Refugee Week Art Project has invited all of those who came to call Australia home through experiences of war, persecution, displacement, or internment to tell their story through art.

Selected art will be displayed on level 3 of Noarlunga Library during Refugee Week 2026, 15-21 June.

Anyone is free to join us for afternoon tea as we come together to celebrate the launch of the exhibition.

Bookings required.

For more information please call Noarlunga Library on 8384 0655 or email libraries@onkaparinga.sa.gov.au. For more information about the Refugee Week Art Project please call Mia on 0481 057 999 or email Mia.Mandara@onkaparinga.sa.gov.au

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The power of a story. Join us this Refugee Week for a special event with Durkhanai Ayubi, bestselling author of Parwana and her latest release She Who Tastes, Knows, A memoir of food, exile and awakening.

Durkhanai will join us to discuss her story of coming to Australia as a refugee and her journey to becoming the owner of her much-loved award-winning Adelaide family restaurant, Parwana, as well as publishing her best selling debut book Parwana and her latest memoir, She Who Tastes, Knows.

About the book: She Who Tastes, Knows is an expansive history of Durkhanai’s homeland and a vivid, moving story about what it truly means to understand another’s culture. Through stories of food, family, belonging and migration, the book traverses cultural boundaries, weaving a tapestry of dignity, empathy and understanding. Each chapter draws on a particular ingredient important to Durkhanai’s cultural identity, and explores their life cycles to uncover unseen histories of Afghan culture, the complexities of migrant and refugee experience, and how we as a society might work towards unifying our disparate cultures and ways of seeing the world. In our modern world, which can feel so disjointed, this book shows us – with timeless prescience – how new possibilities for connection are just under the surface, waiting to bloom.

About the Author:

Durkhanai Ayubi was born in Afghanistan in the 1980’s, and she and her family became refugees when she was a small child. She’s grown to see her ancestral lands be misunderstood as a desolate war zone of helpless people, with no history or culture worthy of mention, when the reality is in fact steeped in rich, complex histories of incredible cultural significance. Living in Australia, Durkhanai’s only tangible connection to the histories of her homeland was through food, first through cooking with her family, and then as an owner of her much-loved award-winning Adelaide family restaurant, Parwana. Years on, and following Afghanistan’s systemic collapse in 2021, Durkhanai realised that it was time to revisit those histories and tell the previously untold stories that can help shape a more optimistic future.

Celebrate Refugee Week with a shared‑plate event. Bring a dish from home and connect through food. Free. All welcome.

Join us for an afternoon of connection, culture, and community as we celebrate Refugee Week with a shared food experience. Bring a plate of something meaningful to you — a family recipe, a favourite snack, or a dish that reminds you of home — and enjoy stories, flavours, and conversations with others.

📅 Date: Thursday 18 June ⏰ Time: 1:30pm–3:30pm 💲 Cost: Free 🌏 Who’s Welcome: Everyone

Important: This is a community‑shared food event. Allergens will not be controlled, and dishes may contain common allergens. Please participate with care based on your personal needs.

Come along, meet new people, and celebrate the richness that refugee communities bring to our shared home.

Country Arts SA Presents NUNGA SCREEN Celebrating 15 years Sharing First Nations Stories FILM | FOOD | CEREMONY

Restless Dance Theatre invites you to an evening celebrating First Nations culture, stories and language through a sharing of film, food and ceremony.

FREE EVENT

When: Friday 19th June 2026

Where: Restless Dance Theatre, 195 Gilles St, Adelaide Kaurna Country

5:30pm: Cleansing Ceremony & Welcome to Country by Luke Wilson

6:00pm - 8:00pm: Film Screening (with 15min interval)

The Australian Refugee Association is thrilled to welcome back its much-loved, award-winning ARA Souk Market to the Tonsley Innovation District on Saturday 20 June 2026.

Winner of the 2023 City of Marion Community Event of the Year, The Souk has quickly become one of Adelaide’s most vibrant multicultural events — drawing thousands of visitors and showcasing the richness of cultures from around the globe.

Following another outstanding year, The Souk continues to grow. With 100+ stallholders representing over 30 countries, we’re set to make 2026 our biggest, boldest and most vibrant event yet.

🌏 A global marketplace experience

Step inside The Souk and be transported through a colourful, undercover marketplace alive with sights, sounds and aromas.

Discover and enjoy a curated mix of:

🌮 Incredible global street food and Gourmet & specialty food products

🛍️ Artisan traders and unique handcrafted goods

🎶 Live music, cultural performances, dance and art

🎭 Roving entertainers and immersive experiences

Inspired by traditional souks across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, this is more than a market — it’s a cultural journey with no passport required.

✨ Join us

Whether you’re coming to explore, eat, shop or showcase your business, The Souk 2026 promises an unforgettable day of culture, community and celebration.

We can’t wait to welcome you.

Questions and queries - Email: events@ausref.net

Join us for a Fun-filled and Transformative Refugee Week Movie Fundraiser afternoon (‘Dance for Your Life’) on Saturday 20 June 2026 at 4:30pm, where every journey is a story, every setback is a lesson, a chance to be seen, to be heard and an opportunity to start again in life and in a new country.

https://www.facebook.com/events/815783024938586/

Pesta Babi: Colonialism in our time has become so popular in Indonesia and abroad that on May 14 organizers recorded around 130 simultaneous viewing locations.

There were over 30 attempts by then Indonesia security forces to close it down. Rather than relying on commercial cinemas or subscription platforms, the documentary is circulated free of charge.

Any community able to gather at least 10 people can organize a screening and receive the film directly from its producers.

Since its release in March, screenings have spread rapidly across the country.

It had become so popular that some enterprising ( thieving ) people in Indonesia cloned the internet address of the film and sold it for $10 for a viewing.

To maximize the films viewing audience on 22nd May the film was made free to view on You tube and it went viral with over 2,459,508 downloads on that day.

We expect that as the film is free and highly popular that we will need to have several showings of the film.

The Event Cinema at The Exchange has seating for 155. If that books out, we will release details of additional showings.

Pesta Babi – Colonialism in our time, by Dandhy Laksono:

Synopsis of the film:

Yasinta Moiwend, a Marind Anim woman in Merauke, was startled when, on a quiet morning, a massive ship docked at her village pier. The vessel carried hundreds of excavators under escort by military forces, sent to Papua for a National Strategic Project for food production, palm-based biodiesel, and sugarcane bioethanol.

Vincen Kwipalo, from the Yei community, was likewise shocked when his clan’s land was suddenly marked with a sign reading: ‘Property of the Indonesian Army’. Only later did he learn that the land had been seized for the construction of a military battalion headquarters, at the very moment when sugarcane, a plantation company, was also encroaching on his ancestral forest.

‘Pig Feast’ combines detailed field recordings with in-depth research to examine the power structures behind the operation. It exposes how government and corporate entities—collaborating with military and religious groups—advance international and national goals of ‘food security’ and ‘energy transition’ at the expense of Indigenous communities and landscapes.

The documentary illustrates the networks of Indonesian elites, oligarchs, and multinational corporations that benefit from the project, providing a vivid depiction of the political ecology of Indonesian governance in Papua. ‘Pig Feast’ serves as a record of colonialism that remains intact today.

About the director: Dandhy Dwi Laksono is an Indonesian activist, investigative journalist, and filmmaker. He is known for his critical documentaries which look at how political and business interests collude to undermine democracy, infringe on human rights and destroy vulnerable natural and social environments in Indonesia. Born in East Java, Dandhy Laksono majored in International Relations at Padjadjaran University in Bandung, West Java, before founding the research-based documentary and audio-visual production house Watchdoc.

Everyone deserves to live in safety with their families, and to have a place to call home.

But around 700 people who have lived in the Australian community for years still don’t have the right to stay here permanently. They survived offshore detention in Nauru and Papua New Guinea, but under our migration laws, they are classified as ‘transitory persons’ and are not allowed to apply for any permanent visa.

They currently live here on insecure, short-term visas, but there is nothing transitory or temporary about the lives they have built.

They have raised children and families, found jobs and become part of our community. Many have close family members, including children and spouses, who are Australian citizens or permanent residents. The vast majority have already been recognised as refugees.

Australia is their home.

It is time for the Albanese Government to abandon these cruel policies from the past, and focus on real solutions for the future.

Everyone who was previously held in offshore detention in Nauru or Papua New Guinea should be immediately granted a permanent visa.

People stuck in visa limbo are speaking out, sharing their experiences and calling on the Albanese Government to act. And they are asking all of us to stand with them.

For over 13 years, the Human Rights Law Centre has supported people and families who have survived offshore detention through legal action, public advocacy and law reform. We are proud to stand with our clients as they fight to remain in the homes they have built in Australia. The Human Rights Law Centre is hosting this petition together with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and GetUp, to show the Albanese Government it is time to let people stay for good.

Step into powerful stories from around the world at the Adelaide Refugee Film Festival — a moving and eye-opening celebration of cinema that shines a light on the lives of refugees internationally. Featuring recently released films from places all over the globe, the festival offers a wide and compelling range of choices for film lovers.

Friday 26th June 2026 - Put Your Hand on Your Heart and Walk Saturday 27th June 2026 - Lost Land and Feel It From My Words Sunday 28th June 2026 - The Aegean & After Party Saturday 4th July 2026 - We Are Not Powerless & After Party

Screening at two locations:

1. Palace Nova Cinema, Prospect
2. Victa Cinema, Victor Harbor

After-parties (with film tickets included and some stand alone tickets) at:

1. Rumi Palace Restaurant, Blair Athol
2. Victor Harbor Town Hall

Presented by Circle of Friends Australia Incorporated, a 100% volunteer-run refugee support group in South Australia.

This NAIDOC week, Peramangk-Kaurna man and respected Elder, Uncle Ivan-Tiwu Copley will lead a bus tour exploring 2 of the culturally important Indigenous places and spaces in and around Campbelltown. Among other things, he will talk about living Kaurna culture and the importance of country. This is an unmissable opportunity to connect with local Kaurna heritage.

Stops will include Morialta Parri (Ever Flowing Creek) and Karra Wirra Parri (Reconciliation River Walk)

This tour starts at Campbelltown Council Office at 10am. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the tour starts (9.45am) to allow enough time to check in and get on the bus. The bus will be departing as close to 10am as possible. Please contact the library on 8366 9299 if you are running late on the day.

The tour will end at 12pm at the Library where attendees will go inside for light refreshments and a chat. The event will end from 12.45pm.

Please note:

Photography: By attending this event you consent for you, and any persons you are responsible for, being photographed and/or filmed and agree that the City of Campbelltown may use the resulting photographs and film for promotional purposes, including by publishing them in print and other media. Please see one of our event staff if you do not wish to be photographed or filmed.

Physical Fitness: This tour requires a medium level of fitness due to walking required and climbing of steps to access the bus. Please contact the Library on 8366 9299 should you wish to discuss any accessibility requirements before booking.

About Ivan-Tiwu Waritya Copley

Ivan-Tiwu Copley (OAM, JP) is a Kaurna and Peramangk Elder from Adelaide Plains.

Ivan is a nationally accredited Aboriginal artist, Chairperson of the TURKINDI Network of SA Inc, member of the City of Campbelltown Reconciliation Advisory Committee, and is on a range of other community committees that deal with reconciliation, early learning curriculum for Aboriginal education, cultural learning, statistics, and history of missions and homes.

Get creative in a vibrant hands-on workshop with Aboriginal artist Nikki Carabetta.

Unleash your creativity in a hands-on art workshop led by Nikki Carabetta from Mawurdu Gaga Arts, a proud Aboriginal artist whose unique journey from the bush to the city shapes her vibrant work today.

In this workshop, Nikki will guide you to weave your own bangle, while sharing stories and insights from her life and creative practice.

Children must be accompanied by an adult, each participant requires a booking.

Bookings are essential.