Drums of peace

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

by Nima Tamaddon
06-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 Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:19 AM PDT

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 Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:51 AM PDT

Shanbehzadeh in Respect Fest. in Praha:

//youtube.com/watch?v=N7a9kPQodPw


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Zeynab

Xerxes

by Zeynab on Mon Jul 07, 2008 06:55 AM PDT

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 Mon Jul 07, 2008 06:06 AM PDT

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 Mon Jul 07, 2008 05:23 AM PDT

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 Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:35 PM PDT

"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 Sun Jul 06, 2008 09:14 PM PDT

:)


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