Palestine
New Fund Supports Arab Artist Mobility in Europe
Zad, a new funding initiative from the cultural organization Ettijahat, will support Arab artists in reaching new audiences across Europe.
Teaching Artist in Gaza Turns Sounds of War into Music Learning
Amid the destruction and despair in Gaza, musicians are creating safe spaces for young people.
Twenty-Five Years of Music for Peacebuilding: Musicians Without Borders
Ed Holland, Content Creator, Musicians Without Borders
Musicians Without Borders started in the Netherlands in 1999, when a choir and small orchestra led by musician and activist Laura Hassler performed a war memorial concert during the Kosovo War. Their repertoire: folk songs from the Balkans, spanning different languages and ethnicities. The choice of music was a poignant one; the Yugoslav wars had consumed much of the Balkan region, while the rest of Europe helplessly watched daily news images of mass killings, bombed-out villages, and refugees.
Music, Theater, and Collaboration: Creating Common Languages for Joy
Lama Amine, Head of Arts, Seenaryo in Lebanon; performer, director, teacher, and activist
Seenaryo has been creating collaborative and imaginative community theater in Lebanon since 2015. We started working in Jordan in 2018, and we ran our first training in Palestine in 2022. While Seenaryo is first and foremost a theater organization, music has always played a big part in what we do.
