Hosted by Full Moon Revolution supporting The Lotus Flower

Join The Lotus Flower for a powerful evening of storytelling, community, and conversation as we come together to listen to Boxing Sisters, a moving BBC World Service documentary that shines a light on hope, healing, and resilience in the face of unimaginable trauma.

In 2024, award-winning radio producer Jodie Taylor travelled to Northern Iraq to document how The Lotus Flower’s groundbreaking Boxing Sisters programme is helping Yazidi women reclaim their bodies, rebuild their lives, and heal from the horrors of genocide through the transformative power of boxing.

Through the voices of these brave women and girls, Boxing Sisters takes us deep inside their world, sharing how their courage is not only changing their own lives but also gently shifting attitudes within their conservative Yazidi community.

After the listening session, there will be a conversation between Jodie Taylor with Taban Shoresh, Founder and CEO of The Lotus Flower and survivor of genocide herself, to explore the deeper story behind the programme and how sport, solidarity, and storytelling can ignite real change.

This is more than an event, it’s a space where culture, community and conversation meet. We will be providing some lovely traditional Kurdish treats too!

Ticket Tiers

£3 – Low Income Ticket For those who need financial accessibility. No questions asked.

£8 – General Admission Supports the running of this event

£10 – Supporter Ticket This is a powerful act of support.

£3 of every ticket goes to Full Moon Revolution to support running the space. All other proceeds will go to The Lotus Flower.

Boxing Sisters - A Listening Event