Comments on: Arab-Jewish Song for Peace http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/arab-jewish-song-for-peace/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:41:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: lennybruce http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/arab-jewish-song-for-peace/#comment-45691 lennybruce Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:29:39 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/2681/#comment-45691 Excellent. Super. Excellent. Super.

]]> By: Richard Silverstein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/arab-jewish-song-for-peace/#comment-45558 Richard Silverstein Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:31:09 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/2681/#comment-45558 <blockquote>Watching this video literaly brought tears to my eyes. It’s one of the most amazing things I’ve seen in a long time.</blockquote> That is high praise coming from a fellow musician like yrself. Amir: Thanks for filling us in on the personnel & history. I wonder whether such a song could've been written & performed in these dark days.

Watching this video literaly brought tears to my eyes. It’s one of the most amazing things I’ve seen in a long time.

That is high praise coming from a fellow musician like yrself.

Amir: Thanks for filling us in on the personnel & history. I wonder whether such a song could’ve been written & performed in these dark days.

]]> By: amir http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/arab-jewish-song-for-peace/#comment-45496 amir Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:23:12 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/2681/#comment-45496 Whoops, my mistake. Samir Shukri is a popular Israeli singer who has sung and written songs in hebrew but he isn't Jewish. Whoops, my mistake. Samir Shukri is a popular Israeli singer who has sung and written songs in hebrew but he isn’t Jewish.

]]> By: amir http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/arab-jewish-song-for-peace/#comment-45495 amir Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:17:30 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/2681/#comment-45495 I was right about Samir Shukri. Also performing Lubna Salma, Nivin Jabri, Elias Julianos, and Lea Shabat. It was written in the year 2000, so it's not exactly new. Here is a link about the song: http://www.mideastweb.org/peacechild/pcsong.html I was right about Samir Shukri. Also performing Lubna Salma, Nivin Jabri, Elias Julianos, and Lea Shabat.
It was written in the year 2000, so it’s not exactly new.
Here is a link about the song: http://www.mideastweb.org/peacechild/pcsong.html

]]> By: amir http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/arab-jewish-song-for-peace/#comment-45491 amir Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:05:50 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/2681/#comment-45491 Some of the performers I recognize are Shlomo Gronich (with goatee beard), Zehava Ben (dark haired woman) and Eli Luzon (albino). One of the guys singing in Arabic looks like Samir Shukri though he is Jewish so I could be wrong. Some of the performers I recognize are Shlomo Gronich (with goatee beard), Zehava Ben (dark haired woman) and Eli Luzon (albino). One of the guys singing in Arabic looks like Samir Shukri though he is Jewish so I could be wrong.

]]> By: Dan Sniderman http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/arab-jewish-song-for-peace/#comment-45477 Dan Sniderman Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:16:16 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/09/28/2681/#comment-45477 Watching this video literaly brought tears to my eyes. It's one of the most amazing things I've seen in a long time. Thank you Richard for posting it. Watching this video literaly brought tears to my eyes. It’s one of the most amazing things I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you Richard for posting it.

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