The Hands up Project
@handsupproject.bsky.social
Storytelling, intercultural learning, remote theatre and much more with Palestinian children
On Sunday, Nick also presented copies of "From Dust We Rise" to our young poets, Islam & Alaa, whose writing appears in the book 🤍📖 www.handsupproject.org/shop/from-dust-we-rise
February 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
On Sunday, Nick also presented copies of "From Dust We Rise" to our young poets, Islam & Alaa, whose writing appears in the book 🤍📖 www.handsupproject.org/shop/from-dust-we-rise
At our Cairo Space, we’ve started something new — public speaking exam training for our learners 🎤✨
On Sunday, Nick also presented copies of From Dust We Rise to our young poets Islam & Alaa, whose writing appears in the book 🤍📖 www.handsupproject.org/shop/from-du...
On Sunday, Nick also presented copies of From Dust We Rise to our young poets Islam & Alaa, whose writing appears in the book 🤍📖 www.handsupproject.org/shop/from-du...
February 10, 2026 at 1:19 PM
At our Cairo Space, we’ve started something new — public speaking exam training for our learners 🎤✨
On Sunday, Nick also presented copies of From Dust We Rise to our young poets Islam & Alaa, whose writing appears in the book 🤍📖 www.handsupproject.org/shop/from-du...
On Sunday, Nick also presented copies of From Dust We Rise to our young poets Islam & Alaa, whose writing appears in the book 🤍📖 www.handsupproject.org/shop/from-du...
Daily update from Nada | Art from Rubble 🎨🏚️
I believe art isn’t limited to colors alone.
Through Art from Rubble, I held a warm, love-filled therapeutic session with my creative students, aged 7–18 👩🎨🧑🎨
⚠️ Please browse the artworks with their descriptions in both Arabic and English.
I believe art isn’t limited to colors alone.
Through Art from Rubble, I held a warm, love-filled therapeutic session with my creative students, aged 7–18 👩🎨🧑🎨
⚠️ Please browse the artworks with their descriptions in both Arabic and English.
February 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Daily update from Nada | Art from Rubble 🎨🏚️
I believe art isn’t limited to colors alone.
Through Art from Rubble, I held a warm, love-filled therapeutic session with my creative students, aged 7–18 👩🎨🧑🎨
⚠️ Please browse the artworks with their descriptions in both Arabic and English.
I believe art isn’t limited to colors alone.
Through Art from Rubble, I held a warm, love-filled therapeutic session with my creative students, aged 7–18 👩🎨🧑🎨
⚠️ Please browse the artworks with their descriptions in both Arabic and English.
✨ Marah, one of our brilliant Cairo students, shared this beautiful video 🤍
She described the day with Nick and the Hands Up Project as one of the happiest she’s had in a long time — full of laughter, rides, screams, and unforgettable joy.
Thank you, Nick, for making it so special 🌿
She described the day with Nick and the Hands Up Project as one of the happiest she’s had in a long time — full of laughter, rides, screams, and unforgettable joy.
Thank you, Nick, for making it so special 🌿
February 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM
✨ Marah, one of our brilliant Cairo students, shared this beautiful video 🤍
She described the day with Nick and the Hands Up Project as one of the happiest she’s had in a long time — full of laughter, rides, screams, and unforgettable joy.
Thank you, Nick, for making it so special 🌿
She described the day with Nick and the Hands Up Project as one of the happiest she’s had in a long time — full of laughter, rides, screams, and unforgettable joy.
Thank you, Nick, for making it so special 🌿
Two unforgettable nights in Cairo ✨
Welcome to Gaza was powerful, moving, and met with an incredible audience response.
Huge thanks to Nick, Raeda Ghazala, our amazing actresses (Rawan, Hala, Hala, Hala & Shaza), and the whole team 🤍
Want to host the show? Get in touch. [email protected]
Welcome to Gaza was powerful, moving, and met with an incredible audience response.
Huge thanks to Nick, Raeda Ghazala, our amazing actresses (Rawan, Hala, Hala, Hala & Shaza), and the whole team 🤍
Want to host the show? Get in touch. [email protected]
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Two unforgettable nights in Cairo ✨
Welcome to Gaza was powerful, moving, and met with an incredible audience response.
Huge thanks to Nick, Raeda Ghazala, our amazing actresses (Rawan, Hala, Hala, Hala & Shaza), and the whole team 🤍
Want to host the show? Get in touch. [email protected]
Welcome to Gaza was powerful, moving, and met with an incredible audience response.
Huge thanks to Nick, Raeda Ghazala, our amazing actresses (Rawan, Hala, Hala, Hala & Shaza), and the whole team 🤍
Want to host the show? Get in touch. [email protected]
Our poetry competition applications are now closed!
Our judges will now be carefully reviewing all the amazing submissions. We will be in touch with everyone very soon.
Stay tuned for the next steps, and thank you for making this competition so special!
Our judges will now be carefully reviewing all the amazing submissions. We will be in touch with everyone very soon.
Stay tuned for the next steps, and thank you for making this competition so special!
February 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Our poetry competition applications are now closed!
Our judges will now be carefully reviewing all the amazing submissions. We will be in touch with everyone very soon.
Stay tuned for the next steps, and thank you for making this competition so special!
Our judges will now be carefully reviewing all the amazing submissions. We will be in touch with everyone very soon.
Stay tuned for the next steps, and thank you for making this competition so special!
🎭 Welcome to Gaza | أهلاً بكم في غزة
A powerful theatre performance by young Palestinian women from Gaza.
🗓 5–6 Feb | 🕖 7:00 PM (Cairo)
📍 Jesuit Cairo – El Nahda
🗣 Arabic + English subtitles | 12+
🎟Reserve your seat
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A powerful theatre performance by young Palestinian women from Gaza.
🗓 5–6 Feb | 🕖 7:00 PM (Cairo)
📍 Jesuit Cairo – El Nahda
🗣 Arabic + English subtitles | 12+
🎟Reserve your seat
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
🎭 Welcome to Gaza | أهلاً بكم في غزة
A powerful theatre performance by young Palestinian women from Gaza.
🗓 5–6 Feb | 🕖 7:00 PM (Cairo)
📍 Jesuit Cairo – El Nahda
🗣 Arabic + English subtitles | 12+
🎟Reserve your seat
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A powerful theatre performance by young Palestinian women from Gaza.
🗓 5–6 Feb | 🕖 7:00 PM (Cairo)
📍 Jesuit Cairo – El Nahda
🗣 Arabic + English subtitles | 12+
🎟Reserve your seat
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Let love resonate across borders this Valentine’s Day. Join us for ‘Sing 4 Gaza’—an afternoon of poetry, film, music, and connection with children in Palestine. All welcome!💖💖
February 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Let love resonate across borders this Valentine’s Day. Join us for ‘Sing 4 Gaza’—an afternoon of poetry, film, music, and connection with children in Palestine. All welcome!💖💖
🎭 Welcome to Gaza | أهلاً بكم في غزة
A powerful theatre performance by young Palestinian women from Gaza.
🗓 5–6 Feb | 🕖 7:00 PM (Cairo)
📍 Jesuit Cairo – El Nahda
🗣 Arabic + English subtitles | 12+
🤍Support the show
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟Reserve your seat
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A powerful theatre performance by young Palestinian women from Gaza.
🗓 5–6 Feb | 🕖 7:00 PM (Cairo)
📍 Jesuit Cairo – El Nahda
🗣 Arabic + English subtitles | 12+
🤍Support the show
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟Reserve your seat
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 1, 2026 at 1:14 PM
🎭 Welcome to Gaza | أهلاً بكم في غزة
A powerful theatre performance by young Palestinian women from Gaza.
🗓 5–6 Feb | 🕖 7:00 PM (Cairo)
📍 Jesuit Cairo – El Nahda
🗣 Arabic + English subtitles | 12+
🤍Support the show
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟Reserve your seat
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A powerful theatre performance by young Palestinian women from Gaza.
🗓 5–6 Feb | 🕖 7:00 PM (Cairo)
📍 Jesuit Cairo – El Nahda
🗣 Arabic + English subtitles | 12+
🤍Support the show
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟Reserve your seat
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🎭 Shaza & Rawan are back on stage for Welcome to Gaza.
They’re revisiting a powerful play they first performed as children—now, years later, bringing it to life in Cairo with new depth and meaning.
Support the show www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
Reserve your seat docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
They’re revisiting a powerful play they first performed as children—now, years later, bringing it to life in Cairo with new depth and meaning.
Support the show www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
Reserve your seat docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 30, 2026 at 8:09 PM
🎭 Shaza & Rawan are back on stage for Welcome to Gaza.
They’re revisiting a powerful play they first performed as children—now, years later, bringing it to life in Cairo with new depth and meaning.
Support the show www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
Reserve your seat docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
They’re revisiting a powerful play they first performed as children—now, years later, bringing it to life in Cairo with new depth and meaning.
Support the show www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
Reserve your seat docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🎭 Day 4 of rehearsals for Welcome to Gaza — focus, emotion, and powerful stories coming together to reach the stage.
💙 Support us to bring this performance to life:
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟 Reserve your seat:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
💙 Support us to bring this performance to life:
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟 Reserve your seat:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 PM
🎭 Day 4 of rehearsals for Welcome to Gaza — focus, emotion, and powerful stories coming together to reach the stage.
💙 Support us to bring this performance to life:
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟 Reserve your seat:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
💙 Support us to bring this performance to life:
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟 Reserve your seat:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🖋️ Poetry submissions closing soon!
Calling young poets under 18 from around the world 🌍
✨ 50-word poems
🎨 Handwritten & illustrated
📅 Deadline: 31 January
📩 Send to: [email protected]
Let young voices shine 💫
Calling young poets under 18 from around the world 🌍
✨ 50-word poems
🎨 Handwritten & illustrated
📅 Deadline: 31 January
📩 Send to: [email protected]
Let young voices shine 💫
January 28, 2026 at 8:35 PM
🖋️ Poetry submissions closing soon!
Calling young poets under 18 from around the world 🌍
✨ 50-word poems
🎨 Handwritten & illustrated
📅 Deadline: 31 January
📩 Send to: [email protected]
Let young voices shine 💫
Calling young poets under 18 from around the world 🌍
✨ 50-word poems
🎨 Handwritten & illustrated
📅 Deadline: 31 January
📩 Send to: [email protected]
Let young voices shine 💫
🎬 From Gaza We Speak – Dublin Screening 🇮🇪
Our second screening in Ireland, followed by a live link with creators from Gaza.
📍 Teachers’ Club, Dublin
🗓 Wed 4 Feb | 🕖 7:00 PM
🎟 €10 entry (raffle included)
You’re very welcome 🤍
Our second screening in Ireland, followed by a live link with creators from Gaza.
📍 Teachers’ Club, Dublin
🗓 Wed 4 Feb | 🕖 7:00 PM
🎟 €10 entry (raffle included)
You’re very welcome 🤍
January 27, 2026 at 9:41 PM
🎬 From Gaza We Speak – Dublin Screening 🇮🇪
Our second screening in Ireland, followed by a live link with creators from Gaza.
📍 Teachers’ Club, Dublin
🗓 Wed 4 Feb | 🕖 7:00 PM
🎟 €10 entry (raffle included)
You’re very welcome 🤍
Our second screening in Ireland, followed by a live link with creators from Gaza.
📍 Teachers’ Club, Dublin
🗓 Wed 4 Feb | 🕖 7:00 PM
🎟 €10 entry (raffle included)
You’re very welcome 🤍
Another day, another rehearsal ✨
Something powerful and beautiful is taking shape for Welcome to Gaza in Cairo — and we can’t wait to share it with you.
💙 Support the performance:
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟 Reserve your seat:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Something powerful and beautiful is taking shape for Welcome to Gaza in Cairo — and we can’t wait to share it with you.
💙 Support the performance:
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟 Reserve your seat:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 27, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Another day, another rehearsal ✨
Something powerful and beautiful is taking shape for Welcome to Gaza in Cairo — and we can’t wait to share it with you.
💙 Support the performance:
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟 Reserve your seat:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Something powerful and beautiful is taking shape for Welcome to Gaza in Cairo — and we can’t wait to share it with you.
💙 Support the performance:
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟 Reserve your seat:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🎭 Rehearsals are underway for Welcome to Gaza in Cairo — powerful stories, deep focus, and a shared commitment to bringing these voices to the stage.
💙 Support the performance:
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟 Reserve your seat:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
💙 Support the performance:
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟 Reserve your seat:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 26, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🎭 Rehearsals are underway for Welcome to Gaza in Cairo — powerful stories, deep focus, and a shared commitment to bringing these voices to the stage.
💙 Support the performance:
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟 Reserve your seat:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
💙 Support the performance:
www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎟 Reserve your seat:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Daily update | Art from Rubble
Because the souls we lost to the war must never be forgotten.
Today’s activity in the Art from Rubble project carried the title:
“I am not against hope; I am against the fact that the genocide in Gaza becomes just a passing headline in the world’s breaking news.”
Because the souls we lost to the war must never be forgotten.
Today’s activity in the Art from Rubble project carried the title:
“I am not against hope; I am against the fact that the genocide in Gaza becomes just a passing headline in the world’s breaking news.”
January 25, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Daily update | Art from Rubble
Because the souls we lost to the war must never be forgotten.
Today’s activity in the Art from Rubble project carried the title:
“I am not against hope; I am against the fact that the genocide in Gaza becomes just a passing headline in the world’s breaking news.”
Because the souls we lost to the war must never be forgotten.
Today’s activity in the Art from Rubble project carried the title:
“I am not against hope; I am against the fact that the genocide in Gaza becomes just a passing headline in the world’s breaking news.”
🎭 Welcome to Gaza | Cairo
A powerful theatre performance featuring short plays written by Gazan schoolgirls before the war, performed by their original authors now in Egypt.
🗓 5–6 Feb | ⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Jesuit Cairo – El Nahda Association
🎟 Reserve: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A powerful theatre performance featuring short plays written by Gazan schoolgirls before the war, performed by their original authors now in Egypt.
🗓 5–6 Feb | ⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Jesuit Cairo – El Nahda Association
🎟 Reserve: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 25, 2026 at 1:07 PM
🎭 Welcome to Gaza | Cairo
A powerful theatre performance featuring short plays written by Gazan schoolgirls before the war, performed by their original authors now in Egypt.
🗓 5–6 Feb | ⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Jesuit Cairo – El Nahda Association
🎟 Reserve: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A powerful theatre performance featuring short plays written by Gazan schoolgirls before the war, performed by their original authors now in Egypt.
🗓 5–6 Feb | ⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Jesuit Cairo – El Nahda Association
🎟 Reserve: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🎭 Meet Rawan
Rawan is a medical student and a Hands Up Project member since 2018. She began her journey with Unity Play, which will be part of the Welcome to Gaza performance in Cairo.
Support the show:
🔗 www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
Rawan is a medical student and a Hands Up Project member since 2018. She began her journey with Unity Play, which will be part of the Welcome to Gaza performance in Cairo.
Support the show:
🔗 www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
January 24, 2026 at 8:54 AM
🎭 Meet Rawan
Rawan is a medical student and a Hands Up Project member since 2018. She began her journey with Unity Play, which will be part of the Welcome to Gaza performance in Cairo.
Support the show:
🔗 www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
Rawan is a medical student and a Hands Up Project member since 2018. She began her journey with Unity Play, which will be part of the Welcome to Gaza performance in Cairo.
Support the show:
🔗 www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
At Cairo Space, we’re more than a school — we’re family 💖
This Thursday, we celebrated six birthdays filled with joy, laughter, and song 🎉🎂
We also screened From Gaza We Speak. Want to watch or host a screening? Get in touch and help us share these stories.
This Thursday, we celebrated six birthdays filled with joy, laughter, and song 🎉🎂
We also screened From Gaza We Speak. Want to watch or host a screening? Get in touch and help us share these stories.
January 23, 2026 at 10:21 PM
At Cairo Space, we’re more than a school — we’re family 💖
This Thursday, we celebrated six birthdays filled with joy, laughter, and song 🎉🎂
We also screened From Gaza We Speak. Want to watch or host a screening? Get in touch and help us share these stories.
This Thursday, we celebrated six birthdays filled with joy, laughter, and song 🎉🎂
We also screened From Gaza We Speak. Want to watch or host a screening? Get in touch and help us share these stories.
Today we’re starting our rehearsals for the Welcome to Gaza performance in Cairo 🎭
Excited to bring these stories to the stage very soon.
💙 Support our journey here: www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
Excited to bring these stories to the stage very soon.
💙 Support our journey here: www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
January 23, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Today we’re starting our rehearsals for the Welcome to Gaza performance in Cairo 🎭
Excited to bring these stories to the stage very soon.
💙 Support our journey here: www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
Excited to bring these stories to the stage very soon.
💙 Support our journey here: www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
🎭 Meet Hale Robin Hejazi
Medical student and Hands Up Project member since 2019. Hale wrote and performed One World, Different Stories—a play about the life of a Palestinian refugee—which will be part of Welcome to Gaza in Cairo.
Support the performance:
🔗 www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
Medical student and Hands Up Project member since 2019. Hale wrote and performed One World, Different Stories—a play about the life of a Palestinian refugee—which will be part of Welcome to Gaza in Cairo.
Support the performance:
🔗 www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
January 22, 2026 at 12:37 PM
🎭 Meet Hale Robin Hejazi
Medical student and Hands Up Project member since 2019. Hale wrote and performed One World, Different Stories—a play about the life of a Palestinian refugee—which will be part of Welcome to Gaza in Cairo.
Support the performance:
🔗 www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
Medical student and Hands Up Project member since 2019. Hale wrote and performed One World, Different Stories—a play about the life of a Palestinian refugee—which will be part of Welcome to Gaza in Cairo.
Support the performance:
🔗 www.justgiving.com/page/welcome...
So proud of our Cairo Space stars 🌟
Marah, Jaber, Lama, Yamen & Wadie performed A Passport for What by Benjamin Zephaniah in their first-ever live link-up with students in Manchester!
Weeks of remote theatre led by Nick, with Sulaiman, Miss Afnan & volunteer Susan 💙
Marah, Jaber, Lama, Yamen & Wadie performed A Passport for What by Benjamin Zephaniah in their first-ever live link-up with students in Manchester!
Weeks of remote theatre led by Nick, with Sulaiman, Miss Afnan & volunteer Susan 💙
January 22, 2026 at 12:32 PM
So proud of our Cairo Space stars 🌟
Marah, Jaber, Lama, Yamen & Wadie performed A Passport for What by Benjamin Zephaniah in their first-ever live link-up with students in Manchester!
Weeks of remote theatre led by Nick, with Sulaiman, Miss Afnan & volunteer Susan 💙
Marah, Jaber, Lama, Yamen & Wadie performed A Passport for What by Benjamin Zephaniah in their first-ever live link-up with students in Manchester!
Weeks of remote theatre led by Nick, with Sulaiman, Miss Afnan & volunteer Susan 💙
‘Powerful visualization exercise with our Gazan children in Cairo today.’
January 21, 2026 at 2:25 PM
‘Powerful visualization exercise with our Gazan children in Cairo today.’
📢 Important update
Please note that the screening of From Gaza We Speak at Palestine House will now begin at 5:30 PM (UK time) instead of 7:30 PM.
🗓 Saturday, 24 January
📍 Palestine House, London
🎟 £10 entry
Reserve your ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/pales...
Please note that the screening of From Gaza We Speak at Palestine House will now begin at 5:30 PM (UK time) instead of 7:30 PM.
🗓 Saturday, 24 January
📍 Palestine House, London
🎟 £10 entry
Reserve your ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/pales...
January 21, 2026 at 12:48 PM
📢 Important update
Please note that the screening of From Gaza We Speak at Palestine House will now begin at 5:30 PM (UK time) instead of 7:30 PM.
🗓 Saturday, 24 January
📍 Palestine House, London
🎟 £10 entry
Reserve your ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/pales...
Please note that the screening of From Gaza We Speak at Palestine House will now begin at 5:30 PM (UK time) instead of 7:30 PM.
🗓 Saturday, 24 January
📍 Palestine House, London
🎟 £10 entry
Reserve your ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/pales...
Moments from our “Nus Nusies” sessions 📚✨
With Miss Wafaa and her students, learning came alive through interactive activities, teamwork, and joyful engagement.
With Miss Wafaa and her students, learning came alive through interactive activities, teamwork, and joyful engagement.
January 20, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Moments from our “Nus Nusies” sessions 📚✨
With Miss Wafaa and her students, learning came alive through interactive activities, teamwork, and joyful engagement.
With Miss Wafaa and her students, learning came alive through interactive activities, teamwork, and joyful engagement.