December 8 2014
Dear Aswat and Zawaya friends,
As we enter the holiday season, I find myself very grateful to be a member of the Zawaya board.Zawaya has been progressively focused on achieving its mission of preserving Arabic music. This year alone Aswat performed Khaliji music from the Arabian Peninsula (see http://vimeo.com/110217606) , Syrian Quduud from Aleppo (see http://vimeo.com/aswat/aleppo ), Abdel Halim Hafez songs from Egypt (see http://vimeo.com/aswat/halim ), Folk songs from Palestine, and Debkeh dance (see http://bit.ly/1vCCt9c)
Another way Zawaya preserves Arabic music is by keeping it alive through teaching and performing it to diverse audiences in the Bay Area. This year Aswat’s ensembles have performed to audiences in Marin, San Francisco, San Leandro, San Mateo, San Jose, Berkeley, Oakland and Seattle. By reaching out to many communities, Zawaya fulfills its mission of communicating the beauty of the Arabic culture through music, the universal language of the soul. We have heard from our audiences that our entertaining performances are trans-formative, healing and inspire reflection.
In an effort for Aswat to continue their high quality performances and to expand their reach, Zawaya is embarking on the ambitious goal of relating its story in a documentary film that can be shown more widely on a national and international level. It is the Zawaya board’s vision that this documentary will assert the Arabic arts as part of the rich mosaic of the Bay Area artistic voices. By focusing on the founders of Zawaya and the members of Aswat ensemble, the film will emphasize the universal human experience of longing for community and understanding.
On behalf of the Zawaya board, I thank you for your support for our past fifteen years of programming and invite you to join the campaign for making the Aswat documentary a reality. We encourage you to consider making a portion of your annual tax-deductible contributions to Zawaya. By supporting the making of the Aswat documentary, you will be amplifying Aswat and your voices to be heard by a wider film and documentary audience all over the world.
This campaign is seeking to raise $10,000. Your financial contribution will be your vote to affirm and celebrate the fifteenth year of the uniquely positive Aswat community. As always, Zawaya is all-inclusive and continues to invite you to take part in the fun, regardless of the size of your contribution. No donation amount is too small. Please make out your tax deductible donation check to Zawaya and mail it to 311 41st Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403. To donate online, please click the PayPal link below.
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Ever so grateful and wishing you safe and joyous holidays,
Suzanne El-Gamal, President
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Suzanne El-Gamal, President
Haya Shawwa Ben-Halim, Vice President
Ali Mouline, Board Member
Duraid Musleh, Board Member
Hussein Moustapha, Board Member
Tarek Hashem, Board Member
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