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Gary Diggins purchased a Hapi Drum to use on a soundwork project, working with the wonderful non-profit organization known as: Between Four Eyes. www.btwn4eyes.org He brought his his Hapi Drum to Kigali, Rwanda, for an education workshop with AERG (Association of Student Survivors) from the National University of Rwanda. At a time when lack of peace urgently threatens individual and global survival, Between Four Eyes focuses on a novel approach in which mindful awareness-based education converges with the fields of peacebuilding and social transformation. Although there is no magic wand to rid the world of conflict and suffering, we believe that productive, thoughtful and compassionate conversations, based on mindfulness, can act as a catalyst to shape understanding, personal well-being and societal transformation. Between Four Eyes intends to make a supportive and innovative contribution to peacebuilding in conflict and post-conflict communities by encouraging new, healthier patterns of being that promote social and emotional intelligence. Our educational programs merge the humanities and sciences by teaching simple and practical mindfulness skills to community leaders, human services providers and educators open to receiving this new information. By helping people heighten their awareness of the mind, emotion and behaviors in the moment - being mindful - we can encourage new avenues of thinking and communication that directly address differences through a lens of ...

Moroccan Vocalist Karima Skalli who performs both Classical Arabic titles such as esmahan, farid al attrach, oum khaltoum, fairouz and others and Moroccan Andalusian songs has been performing in the US with the Multicultural Mesto. Orchestra. The orchestra is comprised of American professional musicians with diverse ethnic backgrounds who are able to perform Arabic and other Middle Eastern Music thanks to compositions by maestro Nabil Azzam who has made it possible for musicians who have not grown up with the music to be able to perform the music in such a high level. In this documentary, Karima Skalli speaks about the Mesto orchestra and performs a classical Oum Kalthoum song at the Detroit Max Fisher Music center for the Arab American National Museum Gala.

Moroccan Vocalist Karima Skalli who performs both Classical Arabic titles such as esmahan, farid al attrach, oum khaltoum, fairouz and others and Moroccan Andalusian songs has been performing in the US with the Multicultural Mesto. Orchestra. The orchestra is comprised of American professional musicians with diverse ethnic backgrounds who are able to perform Arabic and other Middle Eastern Music thanks to compositions by maestro Nabil Azzam who has made it possible for musicians who have not grown up with the music to be able to perform the music in such a high level. In this documentary, Karima Skalli speaks about the Mesto orchestra and performs a classical Oum Kalthoum song at the Detroit Max Fisher Music center for the Arab American National Museum Gala.