tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34212582772047033092024-02-06T20:36:12.098-08:00Music Bus Goes PalestineMusicians Without Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08583190427345813485noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-21690412076029714512013-06-21T00:45:00.000-07:002013-06-21T00:45:03.041-07:00New Website!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are excited to announce the release of the beautiful, new Musicians without Borders website! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We invite you to explore the website and check out all of the programs here: <a href="http://www.musicianswithoutborders.org/#" target="_blank">http://www.musicianswithoutborders.org/</a></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also, the Music Bus Goes Palestine blog will be moving </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.musicianswithoutborders.org/projects/palestine/blog-news/" target="_blank">here.</a></span></b> Please keep updated with our projects and don't forget to subscribe! </span></div>
Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183709944265510183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-9464527444790585332013-05-16T10:15:00.002-07:002013-05-17T04:50:31.988-07:00Huda the Music Leader!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">April 9<sup>th</sup> was the beginning of the Music Leadership
Training Workshop for kindergarten teachers from the South Hebron area. Though
the training workshop itself ended after a week, the music leadership has not
ceased!</span></div>
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of sustainability and continual local leadership, Fabienne has planned to
follow up with teachers after giving them adequate time to utilize the music
material in their classrooms; Sunday was the first follow-up. We set out to the
newly donated kindergarten building in Khashem al-Daraj, the location of the
training. This time a room full of Huda's sweet, shy students rather than
outgoing teachers welcomed us.</span></div>
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when Fabienne checks up on trainees after a workshop, she finds that workshop
leaders have struggled to put the new material into action. The obstacles can
be due to many different factors, from simply forgetting a verse in a song to
being too shy to implement more music in the classroom. At the end of
every training week, the trainees receive a list with a description of all the
activities and a CD with the music and songs that were used during the
training. Rather than leaving the teachers empty-handed, Fabienne makes
sure to support the teachers as they work to successfully accomplish the
various activities with the children. </span></div>
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prepared to review the songs and activities from the training, so that Huda
could regain comfort and confidence. Rather, we quickly realized that each and
every activity had already been performed! So instead of reviewing previous
material, Fabienne taught Huda a new activity for her wonderful students to
enjoy.</span></div>
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were so pleased to see the success in Huda's classroom, as she has shown to be
a very ambitious leader and fast-learner! This success story has only increased
the excitement to meet up with the rest of our new music leaders! </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Much
appreciation and thanks to these organizations for making all of this possible: </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">World
Vision International, Hebron International Resources Network (HIRN), and
Musicians without Borders UK.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"></span></div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183709944265510183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-34082491893503538382013-04-25T02:26:00.001-07:002013-04-26T11:07:10.979-07:00Celebrating Arab Deaf Awareness Week!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In honor of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Arab Deaf Awareness Week</b>, we have a
very special gift to share with you! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A massive amount of
time and energy went into creating our gift, a very special music video about
the deaf community living in Palestine. Not only is the music video <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">about</i> the deaf community living in
Palestine, but also the lyrics are written and signed by those belonging to the
deaf community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The writers of the texts share their enthusiasm:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">"I'm so happy due to the first song by the Deaf in
Palestine! When I saw the final video, I started downright crying." </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><i>- Halimeh Sarabtah </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">" I'm proud of myself because I am deaf. Despite the deep
sorrow of the painful realities, we will continue to challenge the difficulties to
deliver our message to all."</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>- Amineh Sarabtah</i></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Halimeh, Amineh,
and Abdullah share their authentic stories regarding the challenges they must face being
deaf. Rap formation <i>Palestine Street</i> from
Dheisheh refugee camp rap these original texts. Each verse drips with truth and fresh perspective. The video was
produced by Tamara Abu Laban from Dheisheh refugee camp. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This masterpiece came to life through collaboration between the hearing and deaf communities in the West Bank. However, the collaboration was about more than simply producing a stellar music video; we want to produce continual solidarity between these communities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Please assist us in generating global solidarity and awareness!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We ask you to<b> <a href="http://www.musicianswithoutborders.org/sharethemusic/" target="_blank">please share</a></b> this unique gift of music in honor of the deaf community living in Palestine! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">The sun rises</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">A beautiful girl
dresses into school uniform</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">She arrives to
class and sits at her desk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">She sees the
teacher speaking, but she didn’t hear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">She complains, but
the teacher didn’t understand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">It’s the situation
of silence,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">‘From inside, I’m
talking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">But there is no
response</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I try to express
myself, but they face me in rejection’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">She didn’t try the
to write her papers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Rather she paints
an educational system that needs to be destroyed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">The time is up, and
the paper remains empty</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Who must be blamed?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">A deaf person who
has the right to receive special treatment,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Or and educational
system who does not recognize special needs?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">So the result is no
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">She fails, but not
because she didn’t study</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">It’s not about
difficulty in learning </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">But it’s the
problem of adapting to a disorganized educational system</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">‘They want me to
learn, but without a translator</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">In the class
everyone was talking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">And I was trying to
understand, but I couldn’t</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">There’s a feeling
that something is missing </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Am I different, or
is the community just crooked?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Not accepting a
deaf who needs to learn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I have 17
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Yet it’s impossible
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Why? I don’t know</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I’m qualified,
capable and I am not disabled</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Unfortunately I am
living in a society that can’t communicate with deaf people</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I want to do
something for the country</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">But the people in
the country don’t want anything to do with me </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I don’t want your
sympathy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I want you to
appreciate me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Together we can
build a community, which will accept me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">There is no equality
in marginalization</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I refuse to live on
the margin with minds that have intellectual apathy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I am deaf, but I am
able to say what’s on my mind</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Erase your tears;
do not cry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I am not indigent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Your sadness for me
is a knife in my heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I want you to
actually know me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I want to build
communication bridges </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">If I am just some
dependent obstacle,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">God would have
never created me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">After the
difficulties in graduation and finding a job</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I wanted to marry,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">But I was confused</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Shall I marry a
girl who talks or a girl who is deaf?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">But I wasn’t given
any choices</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">The community is
not for the deaf girl, because we’ll make deaf children</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">But between the
talking girl and I,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">There’s no
communication</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I am deaf, but I
have feelings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I just want to
marry a deaf girl</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">It’s not discrimination</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">But it’s just
addressing my reality</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">The reality that
represses my category</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">So what’s next?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Are the people
going to give me my freedom?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Will they take my case
into consideration?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Do not deny my
existence </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I have my own
identity</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">We can’t change our
place or the time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">But we can change
the human mind</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">For those who talk,
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I have a question</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">If you were in my
shoes, what would you choose?</span></div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183709944265510183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-91058465483142968132013-04-17T06:00:00.001-07:002013-04-17T10:09:17.645-07:00Double Trainings!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Wow, what a busy
week for Music Bus Goes Middle East! Not only did we have the delightful
opportunity of hosting two trainings, but we also welcomed a guest from
Musicians without Borders UK!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">The
exciting week began with the arrival of Lis Murphy, the director of Musicians
without Borders UK. We greatly appreciated her fresh skills and perspective at
both trainings. Her natural leadership and passion for community music were
highly beneficial. Together, Lis and Fabienne brought an energy that composed
empowerment for many blossoming Palestinian leaders. </span><br />
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morning we ventured to the hills of South Hebron to host Music
Leadership Training Workshops for kindergarten teachers from the different villages and Bedouin communities from the area.
The women who participated in the training boasted the youthful joy of the
children they teach. Warm smiles and fits of laughter accompanied this busy
week of music activities, discussion, and singing.</span></div>
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the end of the week, not only was there an increase in the number of
participants, but there was also a noticeable increase in confidence, comfort,
and charisma- all of which are important attributes required for leadership. </span></div>
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afternoon, we journeyed back to Bethlehem to host the Assistant Trainers Training
Workshops. Simply upon entering the room, one could feel all of the energy
offered by the diverse team of leaders: youth and adults, men and women,</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"> deaf and hearing, as well as </span>refugee camps and isolated villages from the North and the South.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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built upon their existing gifts of leadership.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">This solidarity was very visible
throughout the course of the whole week, but particularly when each participant
gathered the courage to lead his or her own activity with the group. The varied
styles of leadership accurately reflected the unique personality of each
participant. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">During
these months that follow, we are enthusiastic to see how all of these leaders
use all of their newly founded skills and talents! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">A note from Lis Murphy:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><i>"My week training MwB assistants in Bethlehem and women in South Hebron was really inspiring, informative, and moving. I felt privileged to meet so many people doing fantastic work in very difficult circumstances. We enjoyed learning vocal exercises, playing music games, sharing songs from around the world and writing our own songs. There is a huge need for the work of Musicians without Borders in Palestine. To be a part of supporting people to continue to care for and educate children and young people was a fantastic experience."</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><i>Thank you so much to Lis Murphy for your time and lovely leadership!</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><i>A great deal of thanks goes out to the following people and organizations for making all of this possible: Dr. Felicity Laurence, Artists for Gaza, World Vision International, Hebron International Resources Network (HIRN), Mwb UK, and MwB International.</i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><b><i>We welcome you to learn more about <a href="http://www.musicianswithoutborders.org.uk/#" target="_blank">Musicians without Borders UK</a> </i> <a href="http://www.musicianswithoutborders.org.uk/#" target="_blank">here.</a></b></span></div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183709944265510183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-33481997465013034082013-04-05T11:58:00.000-07:002013-04-05T11:58:12.232-07:00The School Song<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After much anticipation, I am happy to share with all of you the lyrics of the inspiring song that came from the hearts and minds of the passionate Palestinian youth. With the amazing translating skills of Mohammad and Hisham, rap workshop leaders from Dheisheh refugee camp, we now have the musical narrative of the youth's experiences in school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Though it was saddening to hear of the pressure felt by the youth in school, it was even more so inspiring to realize the desire of the children to transform their schools to be as enlightening and empowering as possible. As Mark Twain once said, "Never let formal education get in the way of your learning." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">It’s seven in the
morning, and I’m awake</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I get dressed, I
wash my face, and I brush my teeth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I put my shoes on</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I start running so
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Scared of the
teacher </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">He’ll scold and
punish me due to my violation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Instead of teaching
me respect</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">He insults me saying,
‘you’re a donkey!’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">That’s how the
school day starts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">The first class is
pressure</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">The second class is
pressure</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">The third class is
pressure</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I am waiting for
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">It’s a chance to
breathe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">In the class you
just sit</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Not allowed to
state your opinion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Not allowed to
express your ideas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">You’re told to just
close your mouth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">It’s a system of
indoctrination </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Is this type of
learning for my benefit?</span></div>
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for someone else?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">If the manner of
the teacher makes me hate history and science</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Then teacher, teach
us mathematics</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Do not treat us
like animals</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Encourage us to
study</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Encourage us to
understand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Do not create fear
of the courses and exams</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I study eleven
different subjects</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">315 minutes of
school,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">but yet no music class?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">There are 40
students in the classroom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">But not even one
teacher who is fair</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I wish for a
teacher who can deal with all levels of learning without distinguishing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I need motivation
to reach my highest intellectual potential</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">That’s correct that
we don’t have any extracurricular activities</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">But I truly have
real talents</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Take care of these
talents</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Develop these
talents</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">So that one-day,
you and I can celebrate it</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We encourage
you to support the youth in their intellectual ambitions and musical
efforts by <a href="http://musicbus.bandcamp.com/track/school" target="_blank">listening to and purchasing</a> this powerful song at <a href="http://musicbus.bandcamp.com/">http://musicbus.bandcamp.com/</a></span></b></div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183709944265510183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-83571622722898273922013-03-26T03:26:00.002-07:002013-03-26T03:29:04.680-07:00Firing Hope!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">At first glance,
this may not appear to be the prime place to host Musicians without Borders’ next workshop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">A closer glance may
not help the location seem more appealing either- considering that the
seemingly neglected pillar is actually a sign to make people aware of the
Israeli military’s firing zone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">But in actuality,
there is a very special community nestled in these vast, open hills of South
Hebron. This area is home to a number of cherished Bedouin communities. Starting
April 9<sup>th</sup>, Musicians without Borders will be hosting a Music Leadership Training Workshop
for kindergarten teachers from all over South Hebron. This training is intended to benefit the
Bedouin community, who according to a recent UN report are “particularly
vulnerable to displacement and dispossession.<sup>1 </sup></span></div>
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information we encourage you to read the following UN-report concerning these
precious communities:</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Bedouin communities in general are particularly vulnerable to
displacement and dispossession. Eighty per cent of them live in the Jordan
Valley, the Dead Sea area and around Hebron, constituting the majority of the
population in closed military training and firing zones. Many of these
communities have already experienced multiple displacements. Many are food
insecure, do not have access to basic services, and are not connected to the
electricity grid, the road network or water systems. More than 90 per cent face
water scarcity, living with less than one-quarter of the minimum standards set
by the World Health Organization (WHO).<sup>2 </sup>The Israeli army routinely
demolishes their shelters and property, including those provided by or built
with the assistance of aid agencies and international donors. In the South
Hebron hills, eight villages are at risk of eviction to make way for a new
firing zone.<sup>3 </sup></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Through the
gracious donation of the UN and their partners, this community now has
something very special in their possession, a newly donated kindergarten
building. This is where we are welcomed to host our upcoming trainings in
April.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Stay tuned to Musicians without Borders
to learn more about the upcoming Music Leadership Training Workshops in Khashem
al-Daraj!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1 United Nations. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">7th Febr<span style="font-size: xx-small;">uary 2013.</span></span></span></span><br />
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for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, “The Humanitarian Impact of
Israeli-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>declared ‘Firing Zones’
in the West Bank”, August 2012, available from </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: xx-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_firing_zone_factsheet_august2012_english.pdf</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i> </i><span style="font-size: small;"><i>This blog entry is created by Kristin, an amazing volunteer from the USA. We are very lucky to have her with us for the coming months!</i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183709944265510183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-75352066574972769122013-03-16T08:47:00.000-07:002013-03-16T09:21:13.684-07:00We Need Music Classes!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today I got a precious present from Mohammad, a rap workshop leader from Dheisheh refugee camp. Together with Hisham and Diya he has given ten rap workshops to a group of teenagers in his refugee camp during the last two months. In the workshops the youth learned about rap music and wrote their own rap texts. Three new songs are the result of this training and the first song has just been recorded. So what was the present I got from Mohammad? You can read it yourself...this is exactly why I love working with MwB!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><i>Mar7ba! </i>[hello]</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 17px;">I have good news. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 17px;">One song is done from Dheisheh kids and two songs are left. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 17px;">The song is amazing with great job from the kids. I think this song is special because it talks about their needs in the school and things they need, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 17px;">like music classes and another way in teaching from the teachers for example without screaming and in a way to develop their talents.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 17px;">you'll like it when you hear it and we hope to make some changes in the schools after this song! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recording their song in our recording studio in Dheisheh refugee camp, with Mohammad on the left</td></tr>
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Thank you Mohammad and all the other rap workshop leaders for your great and important work! You are amazing role models for the kids and together with them we can make the change!<br />
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<b>We can only continue the rap program with <i>your</i> help. Please visit our <a href="http://musicbus.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp site</a> to download a song made during our project or make a donation <a href="http://www.musicianswithoutborders.org/donate.htm" target="_blank">here</a>. Thank you!</b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-71893928729444005322013-03-08T09:00:00.001-08:002013-03-08T09:05:21.639-08:00Samba Fever<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>For the past two months, Mark, who volunteered to teach samba, has trained six different groups in al-Wallajah, al-Ma'sara, Hebron, Aida refugee camp, Silwan and a group of deaf people. Some groups received workshops twice a week, others, like Silwan just started playing and are waiting for a new trainer. Because after two months of drumming, Mark went home. These days he is editing a video clip of his latest project in Palestine: two rappers from Dheisheh refugee camp recorded a song with four drummers from al-Wallajah. Coming soon!</i><br />
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<i>Thank you Mark for all your patience, understanding, teaching and facilitating the workshops!</i><br />
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"It's has been nearly two months since I arrived in the
West Bank, with some drum sticks, a head full of rhythms and few Arabic
words as part of a Musicians without Borders project that aims to bring
samba percussion to Palestinian groups of young adults. Samba being
suited for group drumming as it is very inclusive. Individuals can play a
simple pattern but be part of a complex and beautiful rhythm that makes
it impossible not to swing your hips or tap your feet to. <br />
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had lot's of ambition to teach different styles of drumming, to give the
four different groups a large 'repertoire' but also to sow the seeds
for ongoing bands. The reality has been of course much more difficult.
It has been eye opening to see the everyday realities of lives under
Occupation affect the workshops, which at times have been cancelled due
to killings, protests, checkpoint delays and today because of tear gas
in and around the community center.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Surdo</i>, the big Brazilian drum, means <i>deaf </i>because the sound is <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samba fun in al-Wallajah</td></tr>
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Fabienne and Ahmad from Musicians without Borders and also the participants of the different groups, have been amazing in regards to helping me settle in and to deal with any of these arising issues. By now I have run many workshops with five different groups, from villages to refugee camps to youth centers. It is great to see the rhythms that in the first weeks were impossible for many have now been played in front of audiences cheering and dancing. But the greatest moments are when you see the faces of concentration slowly relaxing into a smile, when the drummers start to enjoy the rhythm and their input into it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Learning a new rhythm on the <i>caixa</i> in al-Wallajah</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Learning a new rhythm on the <i>surdo</i> in al-Wallajah</td></tr>
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Still lot's to do
before I go and I hope to also take away a rhythm or two taught to me by
the participants. Whilst some of the groups might need more samba
trainers, local or international, to come, I am hopeful that at least
two of the bands have enough samba fever to continue learning by
themselves."<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">For two months we are lucky to have the amazing samba trainer Mark with us in Palestine. After coaching samba groups in Hebron, Aida refugee camp, al-Ma'sara and al-Walajah, he started today in a new location: Silwan, Jerusalem. In cooperation with <a href="http://www.madaasilwan.org/" target="_blank">Madaa Silwan Creative Center</a> and with the help from the center's staff we held the first practice today. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Mark writes:</span><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"As the workshop progressed more and more participants came and joined. Amazing how quickly they learned a rhythm, two musical breaks and how to stop and start. It seemed that all enjoyed themselves, even with neighbors and nearby people in cars clapping and drumming along. And it was also good stimulation and a break from the oppressive everyday realities for the young adults in that area. Great day. Can't wait for next week."</i><br />
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<i>"But they are deaf!"</i><br />
Yes, they are. But deaf people can drum too!<br />
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Today was the first Samba percussion training for deaf people from the Bethlehem district. To make things more complicated, we have<br />
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<li>an English-speaking Samba trainer: translation English - Arabic needed;</li>
<li>deaf participants that understand Palestinian sign language: interpreting Arabic - sign language needed;</li>
<li>a deaf participant that understands lip-reading: translation Arabic - lip reading & facial expression needed.</li>
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Soon we all got used to this three way translation and we could focus on the music. Our amazing Samba volunteer trainer Mark Rietema started with a warm-up in which every person had to share his name in sign language and express in a movement how his or her morning was. Deaf people give people two names: one name that can be spelled (for example M-a-r-k) and one name that is chosen by deaf people and expressed with a movement (for example 'combing' Mark's hair in the front). During this warm-up, we found out that Mark had been in a hurry in the morning, Amineh had fed her rabbits, and poor Abdullah had left his house at 8.00 o'clock, arrived at 8.30 at the meeting point, and waited until 10.00 for the Samba training to begin.</div>
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After some clapping and rhythm exercises it was time to take the drums. Mark taught them some basic rhythms, a <i>stop</i> sign and a <i>break</i> sign. Any visitor to this workshop would never have guessed that these youth are deaf: they are amazingly talented and they were playing together as any other beginners group with people that do hear.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halimah playing the Caixa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amineh playing the Repenique</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magedah playing the Repenique</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mark shows the girls a new rhythm</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Surdo's keep the beat</td></tr>
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At the end, during the evaluation of the workshop, the mother of one of the participants expressed her wishes for this training:</div>
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"<i>my son is very shy and sometimes people don't treat him well because he is deaf. I want him to become more secure and less shy. Today I saw that he was very happy to play the drums, and when he is happy I'm happy. I hope that drumming will make him believe in himself!"</i></blockquote>
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Thank you Mark for your great work, thank you Magedah for your sign-language interpreting, and thank you Im Khaled for translating lip-reading to your son. Thank you Habshe for taking the pictures and arranging us the space in Aida Youth Center. Amineh, Halimah, Magedah, Abdullah and Khaled: you rock!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-53491010503179620232012-12-23T11:29:00.000-08:002012-12-23T11:29:08.495-08:00New Video Showing Our Work<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-75023695693720626032012-12-13T12:45:00.000-08:002012-12-14T01:28:29.678-08:00A Beautiful Message for Pretty from Halimah<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Halimah, one of the MwB trainees, is deaf. She has recorded the message above in sign language for Pretty. Pretty is one of the youth leaders from<a href="https://www.facebook.com/RwandaYouthMusic?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank"> <i>Rwanda Youth Music</i></a>, the MwB program in Rwanda. She has fallen ill and trainees from other MwB projects around the world have written letters to Pretty, wishing her fast recovery and sending her love.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">The following text is an interpretation by Magedah and Fabienne:</span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">"Hello. This message is for Pretty.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">My name is Halimah. I am from Palestine.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">I take the music training.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">When I started, I wasn't happy and I was afraid, because I thought I can not do music.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">But when I continued the music training I succeeded and I became happy.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">The music training gave me more trust and I thank everyone that works in this music project.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">I pray always for you Pretty that you will get better.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Don't be sad or worried.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">I want to see a picture of you.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">And I want to meet you, insha'allah, when you will be healthy again.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Bye, Kisses!"</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Thank you Halimah for your beautiful message, and thank you Magedah for translating all the workshops into sign language!<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span><br />
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letters from music workshop leader Amanda and rappers Nadim and Anan</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-4329281706256456332012-12-08T04:16:00.003-08:002012-12-08T04:16:41.239-08:00Music Workshop Leader Training PART 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
During the last two weeks many activities took place: we held another Music Workshop Leader Training in Bethlehem for 30 trainees, two samba percussion workshops in al-Ma'sara and Hebron, a workshop for 30 kindergarten teachers in Ghirass Cultural Center, and 11 music workshops in al-Azzeh refugee camp, Aida refugee camp, a psychiatric hospital and a center for children with cancer and other severe illnesses. Indeed, too many activities for one blog post! Today I share some pictures from the Music Workshop Leader Training with MwB trainer Christiaan Saris and Fabienne van Eck, pictures from the other events will follow later.<br />
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Chris, thank you for your great commitment! We are all very inspired by your beautiful work.<br />
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Thank you Sineen and Ahmad for making the pictures and thank you HLT for the beautiful training space.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-28577084324765360572012-12-06T10:46:00.001-08:002012-12-06T10:46:22.837-08:00Samba Trainer Wanted!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>Looking</i><i> </i><i>for</i><i>
</i><i>a</i><i> </i><i>change?</i><i> </i><i>Looking</i><i> </i><i>for</i><i>
</i><i>a</i><i> </i><i>challenge?</i><i> </i>
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<i>Do</i><i> </i><i>you</i><i>
</i><i>drum</i><i> </i><i>to</i><i> </i><i>a</i><i> </i><i>Palestinian</i><i>
</i><i>beat?</i></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i> Are</i><i> </i><i>you</i><i>
</i><i>ready</i><i> </i><i>for</i><i> </i><i>a</i><i> </i><i>life-changing</i><i>
</i><i>opportunity?</i></div>
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<b>A</b><b>
</b><b>samba</b><b> </b><b>trainer</b><b>…</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
We are
looking for
a professional
percussionist with
samba experience
to coach beginner
samba groups
in Palestine.
The position
is voluntary
with expenses
(flight, accommodation,
food, local
transportation) covered
for two
months, starting
in January
2013.</div>
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…<b>to teach talented
young Palestinians…</b></div>
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You will work
with young
people who
have drive
and ambition
but no
opportunities. Many
young people
in the samba groups have
suffered emotional
trauma, and
almost all
are deeply
affected by
the on-going
occupation.
</div>
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</div>
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…<b>as</b><b>
</b><b>part</b><b> </b><b>of</b><b>
</b><b>a</b><b> </b><b>community</b><b>
</b><b>music</b><b> </b><b>project</b><b>
</b><b>in</b><b> </b><b>Palestine</b><b>…</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Music
Bus Goes
Middle East
is a
project of
Musicians without Borders and Holy Land Trust. It uses community
music to
address problems
in the
conflict-ridden society
in Palestine.
Our music
and nonviolence
training projects
and activities
for children
are enormously
successful throughout
the West
Bank. In 2012 we
expanded the
project with
rap and
samba activities
for youth.
We are now looking for a samba trainer to guide the groups in
improving their musical skills.
</div>
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<br />
</div>
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…<b>and</b><b>
</b><b>make</b><b> </b><b>a</b><b>
</b><b>difference!</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Do not
underestimate the
challenge. You
need to be
able to
maintain control
of a
roomful of
young men
and women
(age 16-24).
Palestine can be a challenging place to live and work because of the
ongoing occupation, poverty and cultural issues.
You will
need to
be able
to inspire
the youths
as well
as coach
them, and
display a
high degree
of cultural
sensitivity.
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<b>How</b><b>
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Please
send us
your CV
and a
letter explaining
your motivation
before December
1 2012.
Short-listed candidates
will be
contacted and
invited for
a Skype
interview with
the local
project manager.</div>
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Information</b></div>
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For
more information
or to
apply please
email
<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a class="western" href="mailto:f.vaneck@musicianswithoutborders.org">fa</a>biennevaneck@gmail.com</u></span></span></div>
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<!--StartFragment--><i>For the first time: support our rap project by <a href="http://musicbus.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">downloading a song</a> written, produced and recorded by the young rappers and the teenagers who participated in their workshops.</i><br />
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It is somewhat incongruous in a country where a conservative dress code rules and women's voices are often ignored, to walk into a room where a group of young girls are learning to rap. Yet this is the case. Today I am at an after school group where teenagers come to learn rap in workshops run by young Palestinian rappers. As I arrive to photograph the session I am confronted with a tableful of Palestinian pre-hipsters all working on their beats. These are kids with serious attitude! All of the five girls and two boys meet my eye assertively, and welcome me with broad smiles.<o:p></o:p></div>
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These seven are one of four top teams chosen from a set of workshops bringing together groups of 20 or more to learn about rhythm, beats and creating lyrics. Apparently when they began the workshops very few of the kids had come across rap music but they were soon converts. As Nadim, one of the project volunteers tells me; rap holds a greater affinity with the youths than music they have come across before. Where most of the music they were listening to focuses on patriotism and love – themes which the kids have little experience of – rap is often about individual feeling and expression.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The project brief is for the teens and tweens to create music about what it feels like to be a Palestinian child. Many (who are from Dheisheh Refugee Camp) write about their experience of being a refugee. Most write about the wall. The phrases “I wanna be” and “I wanna do” form a regular relief throughout the lyrics. And that is one of the things that makes rap appeal so much to these youngsters. As a form of self-expression favoured by disenfranchised groups the world over, it is natural that Palestinian youths should gravitate towards rap music as a voice for their feeling.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I wander round taking pictures as the young people work on their raps, there is a general air of concentration and much pencil chewing. The beat they have been asked to put their lyrics to plays in the background. In front of them are sheets of paper with beautifully calligraphed Arabic script forming refrains. The volunteers go from group to group helping out with lyrics though they are keen not to direct the rap itself. Occasionally one of the little huddles breaks out into song as they test out their newly formed artistry.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After about an hour, raps are finished and rappers are starting to get bored of being snapped so it is time to show the group what they have come up with. From the performances it is evident that the rappers are very confident young men and women. Nadim tells me afterwards that this has not always been the case; he has seen the confidence of his protégés grow exponentially throughout the project. He notes with some sense of regret that their confidence has maybe grown a little too much now.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Early evaluations of the rap workshops have shown the same terrific changes in the teens that we have seen in the younger children who have been effected by the Sounds of Palestine workshops. <span lang="EN-US">The rappers all report an increased feeling of self-esteem, better teamwork, healthier interaction between boys and girls, improved reading and writing skills, increased musical skills, and increased ability to express their feelings and thoughts positively.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The rappers are very keen to become self-sufficient and continue to run workshops. Last year Music Bus Goes Middle East was lucky enough to receive enough backing and the invaluable voluntary assistance of Joel Tarman to create and build a studio in Dheisheh refugee camp for the rappers to use. One fundraising strategy could be to rent out the studio to other Palestinian groups for a small fee. Another is to start selling the music they produce. They are particularly keen on this route because it gives Palestinian youths a voice which can be heard the world over. You can support the rappers by following the project on <u><a href="http://musicbus.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">this</a></u> page. All proceeds from song sales go to the rap workshops via Musicians without Borders.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I leave I come across two of the students with extremely guilty looks on their faces. A fine column of smoke emanates from their back as they giggle, thinking they are undiscovered, with all the arrogance of youth. It seems teenagers the world over are the same.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Text and photographs by the volunteer Heather. Thank you Heather and thank you all the Palestinian rappers that coach the kids!</i></div>
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<i>We are thankful for having the volunteer Heather Garlick with us for three weeks, helping with the urgently needed fund raising and documenting. Thank you Heather!</i><br />
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children of the Bugs of the Future kindergarten are having a party! It is the last
day before they finish school for the Eid celebrations and the Sounds of
Palestine (SoP) team have been asked along to get festivities underway. The event
coincides with my first day helping out the MwB and SoP projects – right in at
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arrive at the school in Aida camp, Bethlehem to be confronted with the sense of
organised chaos which typifies large groups of small children the world over.
The kids are proudly and perfectly turned out in a rather stylish pastel pink
and brown colour combination. The girls have a range of pink accessories, from
stripey tights to flowery hairbands, complimenting their uniforms. As we stand
talking to the kindergarten teachers I glance up to see a sea of brown and
green eyes gazing at me with anticipation from the nearest classroom. It seems
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twice a week Fabienne, one of the music teachers, creates detailed lesson plans,
designed to help the children grasp concepts such as short and long as well as to
aide interaction. More than that, the music helps to relieve stress in a
classroom where many of the children have gone through emotional trauma a grown
adult could not handle. Indeed, pink uniform aside, this is not a picture which
should be seen through rose tinted lenses. Many of the children in this
classroom have seen parents or family members injured or imprisoned. Inevitably, these issues are brought to the playground. In our first
session one little girl enters the classroom in tears, not the wails of a
disgruntled toddler but the whimpers of a person suffering intense emotional
distress. In amongst the cheeky and mischievous kids there are children who are
quiet and withdrawn, too scared to take part in the lesson.</div>
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helps in these situations and the Sounds of Palestine project has seen
impressive results. On the way home Fabienne tells me of one child who stopped
bedwetting during the nights after the music lessons. A girl had never spoken a word in kindergarten and surprised the teachers when she suddenly said the first line of the welcome song Fabienne sings every week with the children. To assist this process we
are also joined by Magedah, a social worker, who was trained within the MwB/HLT Workshop Leadership Training. She is able to watch the children
closely to note erratic behaviour and even take individual children out of the
class for special support. However, as with many things in Palestine, the
Sounds of Palestine project is over-subscribed and under-funded. There is
simply no money in Palestine. The Musicians without Borders project is able to
train groups of Palestinians to run community groups just like these but there
is not enough funding for the community groups themselves which would extend
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today was primarily about fun, and fun was most certainly had. What did I learn
on my first day with Musicians without Borders? These may be children facing huge
problems both in the present and in the future but they’re also just children,
bright eyed, bushy tailed, naughty, funny, silly children. They deserve all the
opportunities that life can provide, opportunities Sounds of Palestine, Musicians without Borders and Holy Land Trust are striving to deliver.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Sounds of Palestine could not have taken place without the support of </i>Katherina Werk<i>, </i>Romisch-Katholische Landeskirche des Kantons Luzern <i>and </i>Romisch-Katholische Kirche des Kantons Basel-Stadt.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 23px;">During a hot summer day in July, we had the honor of having a special guest: <a href="http://musicintervention.wordpress.com/blogger/about/" target="_blank">Shoshana Gottesman</a>, "a musician activist </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 23px;">who devotes her time to the development of music intervention techniques with conflict transformation, youth empowerment, and music education."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 23px;">She wrote the following article on her blog, <a href="http://musicintervention.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Music Intervention</a>, about her visit to Musicians without Borders' project, the Music Bus:</span></div>
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<a href="http://musicintervention.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/beyond-the-checkpoint-a-day-with-musicians-without-borders/">Beyond the Checkpoint: a Day with Musicians without Borders</a></div>
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Almost three months ago Joel went back to San Francisco. He had volunteered for four months with Holy Land Trust and we couldn't have wished for a better person to help us building a recording studio. Joel helped the young rappers to create, design, and build the studio. He trained them in recording, mixing, and making beats. Joel expressed his wish many times: volunteering in a project that will continue to grow after he leaves Bethlehem. <br />
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Dear Joel, I think your wish came true! Since you left, children and youth from al-Fawwar refugee camp, SOS Children's Village Bethlehem, Dheisheh refugee camp, Beit Ummar, Hebron, Bethlehem, and Silwan have been recording their songs in the studio. Musicians with different musical backgrounds met in the studio and explored new ways of making music together, and children with cancer recorded their wishes. <br />
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Thank you so much Joel for all your help and support, we all hope to see you very soon!<br />
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<strong>Meet the rappers and see how the studio was created in the video made by Joel:</strong><br />
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<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/41438106?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/41438106">How To Build A Studio (and a better world)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user10946183">Stories From The Checkpoint</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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<em>The studio was created with the generous support of the Netherlands Representative Office in Ramallah.</em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-8228391885090448022012-08-01T06:19:00.000-07:002012-08-01T12:31:06.729-07:00Small and Big Wishes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today six children with cancer from Bethlehem and Hebron recorded a CD together. They sang a song about wishes, and recited many wishes written by children from all over Palestine that suffer from cancer. This day could only succeed because of the wonderful cooperation between all involved: Basma Society arranged the children, Holy Land Trust and Musicians without Borders trained the soundman, their trainees wrote the song, and they arranged volunteers together with Basma Society, Ra'afat from Jerusalem played the instruments, and the Netherlands Representative Office in Ramallah has supported the establishment of the studio <i>Palestine Street</i>. A special thanks goes to Fadi "doctor clown" and Muhanned who coached the children and Hisham who recorded the song. </div>
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But this day could never have taken place without these amazing children, who all came to the studio even while the trip was long for some of them, the weather very hot, and the recording challenging during Ramadan (most of the children are fasting, so no drinking or eating). One of the children, eight years old, had chemotherapy only two days ago, and it was obvious that she wasn't feeling well. But she wanted to continue and sang and recited the wishes with a lot of passion. The parents that came were of great support for the children: they sang together with their children and applauded every child that finished recording his or her voice.</div>
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<em>in Basma Society, the children are playing</em></div>
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<em>the most beautiful Basma Society</em></div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-30859651102404628352012-07-19T11:44:00.002-07:002012-07-19T11:44:50.501-07:00Music with deaf, talented children<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yesterday night I tried to arrange a bus to bring 16 deaf children and their supervisors from Hebron to Bethlehem. I called my friend from a village nearby Hebron, and he asked me why I wanted to spend money on bringing the kids all the way to Bethlehem in this heatwave. Why didn't we, the music workshop leaders, travel to Hebron to give the workshop there? Although our initial plan was to arrange a trip for the kids I started to doubt if it was a good idea to let the children come during one of the hottest days of the summer. But as soon as I arrived, I knew we had made the right choice! Somehow the hall in the new building of HLT was filled with a very positive energy, and for two hours every single person in the hall seemed to radiate with happiness and love. Except for the bus driver maybe, since he spent most of the time sleeping in a corner.<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halimeh explains in sign language to the children what we will do today in the music workshop. Halimeh is deaf herself and followed the HLT/MwB training to become a music workshop leader. Her sister Magedah translated the full training into sign language. For the children, Halimeh and two of her deaf sisters were great role models. They showed the kids that being deaf doesn't have to be an obstacle to become anything you want in life!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When we did movements and rhythms, I had to review my preconceptions towards deaf children: these kids played rhythms together as if they had followed music training for weeks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every child showed us his or her name, which was repeated by the whole group. Deaf people have often two names: a name spelled with letters, and a name made by a movement that is different for every person. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magedah, a professional sign language translator and also trained by HLT/MwB, explained the "fruit game" in sign language. Her movements were translated by the teacher of the children, because most of these children don't know the official Palestinian sign language. Instead they know a specific 'dialect', a sign language developed in their school in Hebron, a city south of Bethlehem. Magedah showed the kids the official signs for apple, orange, banana, and grapes, so we would understand each other during the "fruit game".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halimeh shows every child which fruit he or she is. Here she is showing little Mohammad that he will be an orange.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The leader in the game showed the children that all the oranges had to change places! Little Mohammad is running to catch a free chair, but he won't be fast enough....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mohammad didn't make it to a free chair, so now it is his turn to be the leader and call for a fruit. He is making the orange movement in this picture...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But again he didn't make it to a free chair! This time he tries it with the sign for banana.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After Mohammad managed to get a chair, another girl became the leader.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Although I was doubting to use the sticks in this workshop, Halimeh convinced me to use them. She told me she had really enjoyed playing the sticks during the training and was sure that the kids would like it as well. She was right! I was so impressed by their concentration, their capability to play together, to play soft and loud, slow and fast, and to combine different movements.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the children were shy at the beginning of the workshop, but soon the ice broke and no one was embarrassed to make silly movements. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In this variation, where one stick is hit by the other, children often have problems holding the stick from the top and instead hold the sticks at the bottom. But not this group! They all managed to play the rhythm with one hand while holding the stick from up with the other hand.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One by one the children took turn in being the leader, showing the rest of the group which movements and rhythms to make. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During this exercise, it became clear that the children didn't get the chance often to show their creativity. Many of them copied the others and were not motivated to make a new movement. But even when they would do the same movements over and over again, they would still have a big proud smile on their face when it was their turn to be the leader.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During the second half of the workshop, Fadi, also trained by HLT/MwB joined the group. I had not planned to do anything with recorded music, but Fadi had a different approach...he did the 'water drop dance' as if the kids could hear all the music. And to tell the truth...it really looked as if they did!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bus driver in the meantime became very tired and fell asleep in the back of the room. Although I had put the music quite loud he didn't have a problem to sleep through it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Who said that deaf children don't like to dance?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While the bus driver was still sleeping, the children could release their energies on the parachute, donated by our dear friend from England. Thank you so much!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ball in the middle was supposed to stay on the parachute, but soon the game changed into smashing the ball anywhere except of inside the parachute!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During the last dance, the children invented movements, followed by three claps, which was the sign for the next child to create a movement for the group. I'm still not sure how they managed to clap together and to understand the structure of the dance so fast.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A final picture was taken in front of the beautiful new HLT building in the center of Bethlehem. Thank you Magedah, Halimeh, Nadiah, Amineh, Fadi, the caretakers from Hebron, and of course the talented children!</td></tr>
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Thank you Prelude Foundation for the transportation and Kareema for the pictures!</div>
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"<i>I want to go home..."</i><br />
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When Fadi from Aida refugee camp entered the hospital room of a 12-year old girl with cancer, he found her crying because she wanted to go home. As a volunteer for Basma Society, Fadi often visits children with cancer in a simple hospital. Equipped with a red plastic nose and a funny doctors outfit, Fadi sings, makes jokes, and gives the children and their mothers a break from their harsh reality.<br />
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Fadi brought a guitar and let the girl play on the guitar. Together they created music and a friendship. When they finished playing, the girl asked Fadi if he could come the next day again. Fadi told her he wasn't free, but he could come the day after. "<i>Mama, I hope I will still be in the hospital after tomorrow so we can make music again!"</i><br />
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The following pictures were taken today, when we visited the hospital together with volunteers from the Basma society to play music with other children. We were happy to hear that the girl from the story went home again!<br />
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Doctor Clown Fadi thank you for all your beautiful and important work with these children!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421258277204703309.post-14162085277256153002012-06-24T10:24:00.000-07:002012-06-24T10:24:12.423-07:00John Cena in Ramallah<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"When we first arrived there we saw that the children were so excited that they are going to play and learn new songs. And actually I was also very happy to give a workshop again because I hadn't done any workshop for more than one month."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"I started with the oldest children, and just before I went outside to the workshop space, one of the youth leaders told me that some of the kids could be annoying. I asked her what she meant exactly, and she explained to me that especially the older kids could complain sometimes that they didnt like an activity because it was childish or not interesting to them. When we formed a circle, I observed how the boys and girls refused to mix, and I was afraid that the boys wouldn't enjoy the workshop because it would be too 'girlish'. We started with a warming up of body percussion, followed by rhythmical breaks. I gave the group the first break, but for the second break I asked the boys to come up with something. They tried out some movements and then decided to do the "John Cena" move. I had seen the red and purple John Cena children t-shirts everywhere in Palestine but today I also learned the John Cena move: while waving their hands in front of their face with spread fingers, the boys shouted: You Can See Me, You Can See Me! The girls decided on a clapping rhythm to accompany this call. And that is how the group invented their own break, a break I could never have thought of!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"We did different dances with the children like "1-2-3", "drum dance", and "Khashaboo" (khashab means "wood" in Arabic). The children were the most excited when we did Khashaboo and loved the story I told them to introduce the dance:</span></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">One day, Amira, Fabienne, and I gave a workshop in a small village next to Ramallah. We were very surprised to see a strange boy in the group, and I asked him from where he was. Actually he looked like a wooden doll! He told us that his father, a carpenter, had made him with a saw!</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span></div>
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During the first week of June, the third Music Workshop Leader training week took place in al-Azzeh refugee camp, Bethlehem. 19 Palestinian trainees from all over the West bank participated in the HLT/MwB musical and nonviolent leadership training 2011-2012 and received a certificate.<br />
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The last activities in the training week were two music workshops given by the trainees for children from al-Azzeh refugee camp. The workshops were very successful! The children, the mothers who came to watch, and trainers, were all smiling. But during the evaluation of the workshops it became clear that it had been a difficult experience for some of the trainees: we only hosted 60 children in total, while there were many more kids in the street. The children that hadn't manage to enter tried to do so anyway by pushing and pulling, throwing themselves on the ground, or on the guard next to the door. They banged on the doors of the workshop space, and even threw a broom through an open window. It was difficult to see how desperately these kids wanted to enter the room and participate in the music workshop, especially since we couldn't let them all enter. At the same time, this experience gave us motivation to continue our work, so more and more children can join the music workshops in the future!<br />
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<i>Thank you MwB trainers Hanno and Sherwin, project manager Ahmad, and translator/co-coordinator Fuad, for this unforgettable training week. And to all the trainees: it was great to work with you this year and I'm very much looking forward to continuing doing music together!</i><br />
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We just sang a song
about a poor man without a house that sold his pants to buy macaroni,
when a little boy told one of the workshop leaders this sad news. It
was during the second workshop in the kindergarten in al-Azzeh
refugee camp, Bethlehem. A group of 35 children, age 3-5, gather
every day in the small space. Some of them have behavior problems,
some have special needs and can barely talk, some show very violent
behavior, and one girl never smiles. But it would be very superficial
to stick to this observation. Because when we had a closer look, we
saw that the boy that doesn't talk, is an amazing dancer; the boy
that fights constantly, is a talented painter; and the girl that
doesn't smile, sings beautifully.
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Maysa told a story
about a little rabbit that didn't have a home, like the poor man from
the macaroni song. The rabbit met many animals in the story, and
every animal made a different sound, explored by the children. When
the rabbit meets the lion, who offers the rabbit to stay at his home,
the rabbit is afraid the lion will eat him.
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“<i>I'm afraid at
home, because many times I'm alone and my older nephew is making me
very scared!”</i></div>
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What was supposed to be a workshop, turned out to be an opportunity for this little boy to share his worries, living without a mother and being scared at home. But unfortunately we couldn't change his home situation so instead we did what we could do: we danced and sang and tried to show the children how imagination can bring us to the most fun and peaceful places.<br />
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At the end of the story the rabbit without a home found a sweet rabbit girl with a beautiful house where they could live together and be happy forever...</div>
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Thank you workshop leaders Sereen, Amira, and Maysa, we will continue to dance next Sunday!</div>
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During the last week of February, MwB-trainers Otto and Marijke traveled again to Bethlehem for a training week. About 20 social workers, divided into two groups, participated and learned new musical skills that they can use during their daily work.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MwB trainer Otto shares movements to accompany the song "Elena"</td></tr>
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The last training day was dedicated to the presentation of miniature workshops executed by the trainees. A lot of creativity and didactic and pedagogical skills were portrayed during these workshops: Zahra from Aida refugee camp enchanted us all with her imaginary bird that went from hand to hand before it was freed into the sky.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zahra started her workshop with a name game in which all participants <br />
were connected with each other trough a red string. At the end of the workshop, <br />
we were connected once again by sharing the imaginary bird with each other.</td></tr>
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Maysa from al-Azzeh refugee camp made everyone laugh with her version of "Layla al-Hamra", the Arabic Little Red Riding Hood. Some participants were concerned that young children might be afraid of the wolf (in Maysa's version a tiger), what led to an interesting discussion about protecting young children from anything scary or exposing them to scary stories to prepare them to real life, which is also not always about red capes, picnics and beautiful forests.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The workshop of Maysa and Lotus designed for kindergarten children <br />
started with a name game in the shape of a train</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Red Riding Hood and the Tiger</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the story of Maysa, Lotus from Hebron does an activity with balloons, <br />
teaching the participants about the color "red"</td></tr>
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Halima taught us how to say apple, cat, lion, zoo, and many other words in sign language by using a funny ABC-video and by creating a dance that expressed all different words in sign language. Thanks to the translation by her sister Majda and her precise observation of the trainers, Halima is able to follow the music leadership training without hearing a single word.<br />
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As an introduction to his workshop, Rasheed from Beit Ummar explained to us why he would sing and make movements with the song during his workshop. He showed us the following drawing, and explained that the upper part is our brain, and the lower part our emotional world, our feelings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The drawing of Rasheed</td></tr>
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The lower part is under water and not visible for others, unless we express our feelings. The border between the brain and feelings is open and there is a connection, as well as between the brain and the surrounding space (our environment) and the feelings and the surrounding space. But if we work too hard, sometimes the border between our feelings and surrounding space can be shut, and if we really work too hard the border between the brain and feelings also closes, what can lead to serious problems. To relax and de-stress and (re-)open these borders, he suggested we would sing and move together, so we could continue our day afterward fresh and relaxed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MwB trainer Marijke explains different goals of a music workshop, <br />
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Another creative idea came from Rasheed: he was asked to mediate in a school were there was a big fight between teachers. The situation had reached a point that some of the teachers even refused to talk with each other. Rasheed planned to use one of the dances that Marijke had done during the training, in which participants shake each other's hands and change partners many times in order to shake everyone's hands. He expressed his hope that the funny music accompanying this simple dance would release the tense atmosphere and bring the teachers closer to each other again.<br />
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Starting next week, all trainees will receive six Nonviolence workshops organized by Holy Land Trust and they will continue using their new skills in their daily work. For the next weeks, workshops will be given to youth in an agricultural boarding school, to children in Hebron, and to kindergarten children in al-Azzeh refugee camp.<br />
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We would like to thank<a href="http://www.ghirass.org/" target="_blank"> Ghirass Cultural Center</a> for hosting the second training week in their beautiful building, the translators Muna, Ameera, Mohamad and Fuad for their patience and precise translation, the trainee Majda for translating to sign language, and all the trainees and trainers for their valuable input, creativity, and participation!<br />
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