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What we do
Giving Voice to Refugees
We blend therapeutic drama with high-standard artistic production to support refugees and asylum seekers as they rebuild their lives. Our projects primarily engage individuals from Muslim-majority refugee communities in Sudan, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Syria, who bring rich cultural heritage to our workshops. Using Euripides’ timeless anti-war tragedy, The Trojan Women, as a creative foundation, we host weekly psycho-social drama workshops where individuals weave their own personal stories of conflict and exile into the ancient text. Our projects provide a vital platform for displaced people to overcome isolation, process trauma, and speak directly to host communities. Through collaboration, oral history, and multimedia storytelling, we aim to bridge cultural divides and empower refugees to reclaim their narratives.
Refugee Podcasts
Why Am I In Your Country?
Hearing the raw, real stories of refugees and asylum seekers in their own words.
The Trojan Women Project provides a platform for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK to share their stories, highlighting the difficult realities for displaced people seeking safety. For ten years, our podcast has helped refugee communities amplify their voices to a global audience.
Hosted by Charlotte Eagar, William Stirling, and Luna Laurenti. Supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund via Acast.
SUPPORT REFUGEE VOICES
Your donation to the Trojan Women Project directly supports refugees and asylum seekers, providing them with essential therapeutic drama and professional care. As a grassroots initiative, your gift funds weekly workshops that help displaced people process trauma and heal through creative performance.
By contributing today, you ensure these life-changing programs remain free for refugees striving to reclaim their voices and rebuild their lives. Help us empower displaced individuals to overcome the challenges of conflict and transition into a new environment with confidence.
Hecuba: why am I in your Country?
'An outstanding example of the straightforward 'here's my true story' monologue. ..and shows just how essential charities and NGO's can be. Four Stars'
Financial Times
“A spellbinding and profoundly moving performance that stands as one of the most powerful plays I have ever seen.”
Audience member, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Our one woman show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026,
Performed by Arwa Omaren
Written by Arwa Omaren and William Stirling
Directed by William Stirling and Shani Erez
Assistant Director - Luna Laurenti Sellers
Produced by Charlotte Eagar and William Stirling
They took my name and dressed me in silence. They said 'You were a queen!'
I said, 'I was a human.'
Through her powerful performance as Hecuba, Arwa Omaren connects the ancient story of Troy with her personal reality of displacement. This poignant play explores the life of a double refugee, navigating conflict in Syria and homelessness in the UK, while highlighting the strength, truth, and dark humour that define the lived experience of women refugees today.
Who we are
Charlotte Eagar is an award-winning film maker, former foreign correspondent, novelist and producer. Combining her Oxford Classics background with her journalism experience in conflict zones, she co-founded the Trojan Women Project in 2013. She specialises in using drama as a therapeutic tool for refugees, producing acclaimed international theatre tours, audio projets and documentaries like 'Queens of Syria'(2014) and Trojans UK. Eagar holds a post-graduate diploma in Silamic and Middle Eastern Studies and authored the 2008 novel 'The Girl in the Film' based on the siege of Sarajevo.
William Stirling is an award-winning filmmaker, communications consultant, and co founder of the Trojan Women Project. Inspired by his Classics degree from Kings College London and his work during the Bosnian War, he uses drama to support refugees. He has produced and directed multiple international adaptations of the The Trojans across the UK, including at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Stirling's notable film and stage credits include 'Oliver! in Arabic' and the award-winning 'Queens of Syria' theatre tour and documentary. he also co-wrote the award-winning short film 'Scooterman'
Arwa Omaren is a Syrian-born Palestinian actor who graduated from Damascus's Higher Institute of Arts in 2011. Following an extensive television, theatre, and radio career across Syria and Lebanon, she relocated to the UK in 2018. Recently , she co-wrote and starred in her Offie-nominated one-woman play, 'Hecuba, Why am I in your Country?', at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026. A key member of the Trojan Women Project for four years, Omaren co-runs drama workshops, supports Arabic-speaking participants, and plays Hecuba and The Trojans UK
DRAMA IS THE ARCHIVE OF HUMAN EMOTION
Trojan Women is a Scottish Registered SCIO charity (charity number SC050525)
Refuge Media Productions CIC is an English registered community interest company (company number 09603714)
Contact Us
info@trojanwomenproject.org
charlotte.eagar@trojanwomenproject.org
william.stirling@trojanwomenproject.org
PHONE
07769603233