Founding committee

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In the beginning, it was an idea and a dream, and now it has become a reality.

The story began late 2019 with the idea that I Ammar Wehbe and my friend Abdo Obeid would form a community for the Syrians in Brisbane, through which we would seek to bring the Syrians together and organize activities and help our people to integrate with the society.

Shortly after, Firas Khamis joined us in our effort.

According to the Australian laws, at least seven people are required to form an organisation, thus, four other members from the Syrian community joined our endeavor in forming the organisation, those were Murhaf Obeid, Fuad Ayoub, Samir Elias and Walid AlMuhanna. 

The founders were from different Syrian regions, backgrounds, ages and experiences, which have greatly enriched the core of newly established organisation.

The founders, derived by faith and enthusiasm, paid establishment fees from their own pockets, and put lots of time and efforts for the organisation to see the light

And since the first day, the committee started its work by contacting various organizations and parties and creating an official page for the community on Facebook, introducing the community and presenting topics that are of interest to Syrians in Brisbane.

After about two months of submitting the license application, we received official approval from the Australian authorities, and Mosaic became a licensed organisation in accordance with Australian law and under the name: Syrian Mosaic Community in Brisbane (SMCB)

SMCB is an Australian civil non-governmental and non-profit organization that works to provide educational, social and recreational services to its members. It also provides help to increase the state of coexistence and harmony between the components of the Syrian members’ fabric

SMCB promotes the values ​​of justice, citizenship, individual freedom and the elimination of violence, extremism and racial discrimination. 

The licensed associations in Australia’s bylaws was adopted for our association and the objectives of the association were established in Arabic and English.

After the organization’s first general member’s conference, and during the first committee meeting, positions were assigned as follows:

Ammar Wehbe: president

Firas Khamis: Secretary

Abdo Obeid: Treasurer

Immediately after, all sorts of activities were launched.

Ammar Wehbe, founder and first SMCB president