Celebrate International Mother Language Day at City Chambers event

** Wednesday 21st February from 11am – 12.30pm **

ELREC in partnership with The City of Edinburgh Council, Thistleshapla Cultural Group and Heriot-Watt University marks and celebrates this day to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

Join us on the 21st February at City Chambers:

11.00 – ​Registration and Refreshments

11.20 – ​ Event begins in the European Room with a welcome speech from the Rt. Hon. Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Robert Aldridge.

11.30 – ​Mr Foysol Choudhury MBE MSP

11:40 – ​Sir Geoff Palmer OBE

11.50 – ​Mrs Min-Hsiu Liao from Heriot Watt University

12.00 – ​Cultural presentation

Priti Fakhrul reciting Gaelic Poem​​

A short speech by Mr Bodrul Husain Babu and Mr Shahnoor Chowdhury​​

Music composed by Johnny Ahmed:

” Salam Salam”​​

Fakhrul Islam – Poem in Sylheti Nagri

12.20 – ​Make your way to the Quadrangle where the floral wreath will be laid at a temporary memorial

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