{"id":79381,"date":"2023-12-05T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=79381"},"modified":"2023-12-13T11:11:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:11:16","slug":"choir-is-being-created-for-lgbtq-people-of-colour-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2023\/12\/05\/choir-is-being-created-for-lgbtq-people-of-colour-in-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Choir is being created for LGBTQ+ people of colour in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A newly trained choir leader wants to build connections in his community<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A CHOIR for LGBTQ+ people of colour is being created in Cardiff, said the organiser of the Oasis One World Choir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayoub Boukhalfa is developing this project thanks to the connections he has made through the Oasis choir, which is largely made up of asylum seekers and refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cI left my family in Morocco. I am lucky, I found a family here. We talk every day. The whole of the choir, we are brothers and sisters. This is why I want to create another choir for my community here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"978\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/IMG_4817-min-1-978x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ayoub Boukhalfa. Image credit: Noah Bakour\" class=\"wp-image-79407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/IMG_4817-min-1-978x1024.jpg 978w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/IMG_4817-min-1-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/IMG_4817-min-1-770x806.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/IMG_4817-min-1-1467x1536.jpg 1467w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/IMG_4817-min-1-1956x2048.jpg 1956w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/IMG_4817-min-1-293x307.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/IMG_4817-min-1-1400x1466.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"978\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/IMG_4817-min-1-978x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ayoub Boukhalfa. 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He was named as &#8220;one to watch&#8221; on this year\u2019s Wales Online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/whats-on\/whats-on-news\/gallery\/pinc-list-2023-wales-most-27057024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">list<\/a> of influential LGBTQ+ people in Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was shortly before he released Achkid Awa, the first Moroccan Welsh song in the world, with the performance artist Ffion Campbell-Davies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The singer speaks Arabic, French and English, and has taken a few lessons in Welsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anyone who would like to help Mr Boukhalfa in the creation of this choir is encouraged to email him at boukhalfaayoub@gmail.com.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newly trained choir leader wants to build connections in his community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1041,"featured_media":79531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,3,79],"tags":[3157,1281,160,8586,8034],"coauthors":[8532],"class_list":["post-79381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","category-news","category-splott","tag-asylum-seekers","tag-lgbtq","tag-music-2","tag-people-of-colour","tag-wales-refugees"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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