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Written by kristel
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Friday, 06 June 2008 |
Saturday 7th June, 8pm
Music and story telling by Zevk Ensemble
A special night for me, the writer of this e-mail and all the e-mails you receive through this mailinglist.
I am a volunteer from Holland and over the last year I have been working on the program and publicity for the AICafe in Beit Sahour.
A few weeks ago I received an e-mail written by the cousin of my mother. I have never met him before. He lives with his wife in New Mexico. They were on a visit to Holland and they heard from my mother that I live in Palestine. He wrote me that he has a special connection with this place, cause in the seventies he used to live in at Tur at Jabal Zaytun and he got married by the qadi of Bethlehem where they studied Islamic Sufism.
Since then they have regularly visited this area and they are very supportive for the Palestinians.
With his wife and other artists they form the Zevk Ensemble. The Zevk Ensemble's combination program of music and storytelling draws its source material primarily from the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern region. Turkish folk music and illahis, or devotional Islamic poetry, are presented. Their repertoire also includes music from the Sephardim (Spanish Jews), various peoples of the Balkans, and the Romany gypsies. The popular feature of storytelling evokes laughter and reflection on the human condition. By expressing what is universal and appreciating what is different in all cultures, the Zevk Ensemble hopes to bring hearts to the recognition that we are all one human family.
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