Children of the Stone

For the last five years, Sandy Tolan has been reporting and writing Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land (Bloomsbury, April 2015), which chronicles the journey of musician Ramzi Aburedwan, a child of the first Palestinian Intifada, and his dream to build a broad musical presence in occupied Palestine.  Today Al Kamandjati (Arabic for The Violinist) has served thousands of Palestinian children through classes, workshops, annual music festivals, a instrument-building and repair center, and summer music camps.

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For more about Al Kamandjati’s fundraising efforts, and additional details on how to contribute, see this fundraising appeal. Please consider Al Kamandjati in your charitable contributions.  If you need any more convincing, take a couple of minutes to see Oh This World, a short, moving music video which demonstrates how music can be a source of both inspiration and protection for children living under occupation.  Click here to make a tax-deductible contribution in the U.S., here in France, and here in other parts of Europe and elsewhere.