Monday, February 14, 2011

FOLK MUSIC OF PALESTINE AND EGYPT

LAST NIGHT I WENT TO A PRESENTATION OF MUSIC FROM EGYPT AND AND ISRAEL. THEY HAD MANY COSTUMES AND UNUSUAL DRESSES AS WELL AS DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS. THEY ALSO HAD A TURKISH FOLK SONG. THEY HAD MANY SINGERS OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES. AND THEY HAD A VARIETY OF SONGS AS WELL.
I REALLY ENJOYED THE VARIETY OF FOLK MUSIC!

THEY HAD A YOUNG GIRL MAKE A LONG READING ADAPTATION TAKEN FROM THE WRITINGS OF RACHAEL CORRIE. IT WAS A DRAMA ABOUT HER TRAVELS TO EUROPE AND THEN TO PALESTINE. SHE SAW MANY STRANGE THINGS WITH PEOPLE BEING SHOT AND IT WAS HARD FOR HER TO ADAPT TO THIS COUNTRY. HOWEVER SHE FELT COMPELLED TO GO THERE. SHE HAD A LAPTOP THAT SHE USED TO EMAIL HER MOM ABOUT HOW SHE LOVED HER AND HOW SHE WAS DOING. IN THE END SHE WAS KILLED. SHE CAME BACK ON STAGE TO AND GOT A STANDING OVATION AND ROSES!

WE THEN HAD A DELICIOUS SPINACH WRAP WITH GARBANZO BEANS AND LETTUCE AND TOMATOES AND ONIONS.

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