The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, made up of young musicians from the Arab countries as well as from Israel, played at the United Nations on Monday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, writes conductor (...)
I have often made the statement that the destinies of the Israeli and Palestinian people are inextricably linked and that there is no military solution to the conflict. My recent acceptance of Palestinian nationality has given me the opportunity to (...)
The recent cancellation of performances of Mozart's "Idomeneo in Berlin raised the very important question of our perception of the Muslim world, an issue which has not been addressed in any satisfactory way.
The production, which I have not seen (...)
Two events marking Edward Said's birth anniversary last Monday: a concert by Daniel Barenboim at the Carnegie Hall in New York and the screening of The Last Interview at the American University in Cairo. In his article Daniel Barenboim writes that (...)
Two events marking Edward Said's birth anniversary last Monday: a concert by Daniel Barenboim at the Carnegie Hall in New York and the screening of The Last Interview at the American University in Cairo. Below Daniel Barenboim writes that Edward (...)