NewsHour Extra Video: Arab Arts Festival Fosters Understanding

We hope you enjoy learning from this video, presented here with permission from NewsHour Online Extra.

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Links for background understanding:

The Kennedy Center:
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/festivals/08-09/arabesque/

The Al-Farah Choir from Damascus web site:
http://choirofjoy.org/

A blog entry about the festival:
http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?post=ArabesqueFestival

The jeweler interviewed in this piece:
http://www.azzafahmy.com/

Discussion Ideas:

Michael Kaiser, President of the Kennedy Center, said, "..peace comes from understanding."
Do you agree with this statement?
Can you explain, with some of your own examples, more about what this means?

Do you think your view of Middle-Eastern current events would be affected if you had a chance to experience some of this festival?

Did you know that the area referred to as, "the Middle East" is so vast and diverse?
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