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Drums of peace

Photo essay: Iranian and Israeli musicians in Prague bridge their countries

by Nima Tamaddon
14-Jul-2008
 
On Saturday, June 28, when the fear of looming war against Iran was on the rise, here, in Prague, Iranian and Israeli musicians came together to perform in a warm and memorable concert in a prestigious and the oldest Czech world music festival, Respect, in a Woodstockesque flavor and atmosphere. Saeed Shanbehzadeh, a maestro of Ney-Anban (or as we call it in southern Iran: Ney-Anbooneh), after an hour of playing Bushehri ethnic music together with his 15 year old son Nagheeb, a very skilled drummer and percussionist, invited two Israeli percussionists participating in the festival to join them and let the people listen to an improvisation>>>FULL TEXT

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Salute to peace lovers;

by Ye Irani (not verified) on

Salute to peace lovers; Whoever they are and whereevere they are from!

This is how people should live in middle east;


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link

by Ni (not verified) on

Shanbehzadeh in Respect Fest. in Praha:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=N7a9kPQodPw


Zeynab

Xerxes

by Zeynab on

can you share with us ,how many Israelies you know and talked to? this way we can understand the depth of your argument!

I bet all you have seen ,totally together is = to zero!!!

you are not  a character to be friend Jewish immigrants, I will bet on it!


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That's awesome. If we would

by Camron (not verified) on

That's awesome. If we would all focus on our similarities rather than our differences, then achieving peace would not be out of the question. Salaam/Shalom!


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Israeli mentality is the problem

by XerXes (not verified) on

After years and years of talking to Israelis I have come to know and understand that they are not a crowd to logic with. Especially the Russian and Kiev Israeli imports are the most racist kind!


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ABSOLUTELY LOVELY. Man, child and music

by Anonymous77 (not verified) on

"If music be the food of love..."

They are on youtube by the way. Did anyone record the concert in question?


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A video clip of the event would have been nice

by Iranians (not verified) on

:)


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