Oxfam Ireland host 'Write to refuge' in Omagh Library

by Gráinne Connolly

Omagh Library will host 'Write a Refuge' this month; a photo exhibition organised by Oxfam Ireland. 

The exhibition will feature specially written pieces, that will highlight the lives of displaced people and refugees from Central African Republic, South Sudan and Syria. 

More than 20 local authors from Ireland, both north and South have contributed pieces of work to the event, including Omagh native Colin Dardis. 

The authors were given a single image from one of the affected countries and produced a piece of writing based on their interpretation of what was going on in the image. 

Two Syrian refugees in Lebanon looking for refuge. 
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Q Radio spoke to one of the organisers Christine McCartney who spoke about the event and why they decided to put together the exhibition:

The photo exhibition will run from today the 1st of March until the 23rd of March at Omagh Library.