Film Watandar My Countryman
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SDRAMN will celebrate Refugee Week 2025 with a screening of the acclaimed documentary, Watandar – My Countryman.
The film afternoon will be held at the Churches of Christ auditorium at 223 Dragon Street at 2pm on Saturday June 21. Admission by donation with afternoon tea to follow.
Watandar – My Countryman follows Hazara refugee Muzafar Ali’s flight from the Taliban-dominated Afghanistan to Australia. Seven years after his arrival, Muzafar buys a camera and sets off on a journey to document the history of Australia’s cameleers.
The screening coincides with Muzafar’s 2025 project, Ride for Education, a 4000 kms bike ride from Maleny in Queensland to Adelaide in South Australia.
The ride is to raise awareness and funds for refugee-led education and women's education in Afghanistan.
The aim is to raise $250,000 to support Cisarua Learning, a refugee-led organisation co-founded by Muzafar in 2014. Cisarua supports eight schools, 130 teachers, and more than 2,000 students across seven countries.
"Education changed my life, and I've seen how it transforms entire communities," says Muzafar. "When we started our first refugee school in Indonesia with just $200, we never imagined it would grow into what it is today. This ride is about connecting with the communities who have supported us along the way and raising awareness about the critical situation facing women's education in Afghanistan.”
About the ride: https://rideforeducation.com/resources