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The event, which was designed to celebrate "the yearning for peace," would have featured Karim Wasfi, known as the cellist of Baghdad, and Jehann El-Bisi, a western Massachusetts poet and painter.
NORTHAMPTON Acclaimed cellist Karim Wasfi, chief executive of Iraq’s National Symphony Orchestra, will give a free performance Saturday, May 7, at First Churches Northampton as part of his work with a nonprofit group that uses art as a response to.
NORTHAMPTON Acclaimed cellist Karim Wasfi, conductor of Iraq’s National Symphony Orchestra, will give a free performance Saturday, May 7, at First Churches Northampton as part of his work with a nonprofit group that uses art as a response to war and.
Peace
Peace is: a voice in the wind that says, “This way!”
Peace is a fire in the heart, that burns, for the cause of liberation. It is the liquid dream of water. Quenching our thirst after a drought.
Peace is a night sky, layered with stars, thick as heavy deep snow made of crystal diamonds from the sky.
Peace is a river we can all swim in, drink from, play in . uncontaminated by nuclear waste, postindustrial haste. Peace is a smile from a passing stranger we know we met before. Peace is a long hug, from a friend, when you stand at grief’s door: unsure of your strength to enter.