Category Archives: Amanar: Under the Same Sky

Phase 2 at refugee camps in Algeria

The below Press release was published by IAC The second part of the project begins on Tuesday, October 15, in which an international team of astronomers and educators will travel to the refugee camps in Tindouf to carry out outreach activities with Saharawi students and teachers. During their stay in the Sahrawi refugee camps in […]

Video: Activities in the Canary islands

Video of activities on the Grand Canary islands [Spanish] Event conducted on 03 Aug 2019 at the Centro de Educación Infantil y Primaria Arucas, in the Gran Canaria. Organized by the Asociación Canaria de Amigos del Pueblo Saharaui (ACAPS), Galileo Mobile, and the Agrupación Astronómica de Gran Canaria. Vídeo by J. Naranjo Fotografía.

Articles in the media

https://www.iac.es/divulgacion.php?op1=16&id=1585&lang=en https://www.cta-observatory.org/amanar-under-the-same-sky/ https://www.eldiario.es/canariasahora/lapalmaahora/sociedad/Grantecan-abre-cupula-ninos-saharauis_0_918308967.html https://www.eldia.es/sociedad/2019/07/12/amanar-cielo-tinduf/992089.html

Amanar program announcement

The following is from an article in the website of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). Amanar , which means Pleiades in Berber, is a project of dissemination of Astronomy , to inspire the Saharawi community through the wonders of our Universe and promote peace, mutual understanding and a sense of citizenship under the same sky.  This […]