Music As A Universal Language: The Fes Festival

The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music has been held in Fez, Morocco
since 1994. It was inspired after the first Gulf War. Festival
organizers hoped to use music as a tool to unite people. Musicians
from all over the world annually perform in Fez, a city with a history
for open dialogue. In the 9th century Al- Karaouine University was
built. It's considered the oldest university in the Islamic world.
It was a place where Islamic and Jewish studies occurred
simultaneously. Today festival organizers say that spirit of
tolerance lives in the annual festival. For musicians like Yuval Ron,
who is highlighted in the video piece, it's a platform to express his
message.

Do you think music/art can serve as a uniting tool?

Produced by Global Voice Productions
Director/Producer: Seema Mathur
Photographer: Vance Holmes
Audio: Rob Davis
Editor: Jon Lincycomb
Executive Producer: Fernando Dubove
www.globalvoiceproductions.com

Fes Festival of World Sacred Music
http://www.fesfestival.com/2009/

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• 2010
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• Ron
• south southwest
• south by southwest

[elboertjie]

Music is the universal language:

/watch?v=z89BEiMhCU0

[jlsimonlv1]

Fabulous story, so moving, a masterpiece!

[jlsimonlv1]

Excellent job Seema and team! So moving... Julie

[OldTimeRockRoll1969]

I have always said that music is the Universal Language!

I can go to any country on this rock and I can not talk to the people, but I can play music with them all.

[Texasbbqrock]

That's real cool! What a nice gig...