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Our work

  • Thamarat at Cook and Connect

    Event

    We were invited to run the bazaar at Cook and Connect, a larger event with clay, drawing and storytelling workshops. It turned out beautifully.

    Yara Gamal, Thamarat’s founder, standing beside the Thamarat banner, with clothes on crates and the bazaar behind her.

  • Back on the Galaxy

    Event
    11:00 to 15:00
    AZC boat Galaxy, Amsterdam

    Another Souq on the AZC boat Galaxy, first for women only and then for everyone. All the donations were taken, with music, food and drink.

    Women browsing clothes and toys on round tables and rails in a lounge on board a ship. Faces are blurred.

  • A women-only Souq on the Galaxy

    Event
    AZC boat Galaxy, Amsterdam

    A clothes Souq for women only on the AZC boat Galaxy in Amsterdam, with very many new donated clothes. It felt like a celebration.

    Our co-founder and two volunteers arranging folded clothes on shelves and rails in a shop space on board a ship.

  • A Souq before Eid in Haarlem

    Event
    AZC Haarlem

    During Ramadan, a week before Eid al-Fitr, we held a Souq at the asylum seekers’ centre in Haarlem, with play, food and drink for the children.

    People browsing tables and shelves of clothes, shoes and toys in a large hall with a wooden roof.

  • A Souq before Ramadan

    Event
    Vrouw en Vaart, Amsterdam

    On 13 February 2026, one week before Ramadan, we opened a free shop at Vrouw en Vaart in Amsterdam, with many donations for all ages.

    Yara Gamal, our founder, and our co-founder sorting donated clothes onto tables and rails in a community hall with volunteers, with bags of donations on the floor. Some faces are blurred.

  • Our first Souq event

    Event
    Vrouw en Vaart, Amsterdam

    On 10 October 2025 we held the first event under the Thamarat name: a Souq at Vrouw en Vaart in Amsterdam. More than 200 people came.

    People browsing rails and tables of donated clothes in a large hall.