Bridging Divides by Making Music
Making music can be a great bridge builder.
Israel finds itself more in the news for war and divided settlements but a few years ago, Koolulam, a social music initiative, invited 3,000 people who’d never met each other to gather.
The purpose of the gathering was to sing in Arabic, English and Hebrew and, in the process, to celebrate living together in peace.
It took less than an hour to learn the song with the parts and here is the result:
All my life I’ve been waiting for,
I’ve been praying for all the people to say
That we don’t wanna fight no more
There will be no more wars and our children will play.
One day. One day. One day.
Share the hope!
Geoff Pound
Link to song: https://tinyurl.com/y9p48dgc