As the international community heals from the COVID-19 pandemic, Sahar Ajdamsani and artists from 11 countries are preparing to release a collaborative song titled “Quarantine World,” which celebrates unity while trying to bring people together through the harmony of music.
The world is trying to find its way back to normal after restrictions are started to ease with much of the world having access to the vaccine.
It has been a year and a half of ups and downs as well as that of many losses.
This song, “Quarantine World” explores the losses we have endured and the things we missed and provides a hopeful look at the future if we come together.
With 11 nations being represented, this is a good start in the collaboration effort. Artists are English, Persian, German, Kurdish, French, Arabic, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Hindi and Greek with Sahar Ajdamsani being the lead vocalist.
Ajdamsani is internationally recognized and she is one of the Iranian artists whose body of work has reached around the globe. She was the first Iranian to win the international WILDsound Poetry Festival in 2019 with her poem “Censorship,” which focuses on women’s rights.
The artists include Rodion Gazmanov (Russian), Jyotica Tangri (Hindi), Karwan Kamil (Kurdish), Fadee Andrawos (Arabic), Nasos Papargiropoulos (Greek), Bernd Kieckhaben (German), Flora Fischbach (French), Erica De Matteis (Italian), Jessica Lynn (English) and Luis Fernando Borjas (Spanish).
The message they are all trying to convey with this great project is to help each other and to inspire empathy between fellow human beings in an effort to save the world through harmony.
Each part, or rather verse, of the song is sung in a different language. Sahar says, “I tried to include the most spoken languages in the world in this song, and it didn’t matter to me who sang which part and in which language,” she said. “Because I wrote the whole song and all the languages myself. I started with the languages I knew, then I wrote the languages that were easier for me and finally I wrote the languages that were harder for me.”
Ajdamsani and the team are also planning a world concert tour for Quarantine World. They plan to travel to all the countries that were part of “Quarantine World” plus “a few other countries” if restrictions allow. She says, “It will take time for the world to return to normal, but with the end of the COVID-19, the world will definitely be more beautiful, happier and more hopeful and smiling,” she said. “And I hope it will be kinder.”
I can’t wait to hear it.
Best,
Manal
About this event
Do you believe in and desire peace for yourself, your community, and the world? Want to know more about how you can be a part of the growing peace-building movement? Women are an amazing force for good! Together and independently, women are working towards peace in countless ways large and small, which all contribute towards the global good.
Spend a day learning from women who have been leading the charge for peace, and get inspired by ideas and resources you can take home and put to use right away.
Virtual and live speakers and presenters include:
Marianne Williamson, Keynote Speaker — bestselling author, political activist, and spiritual thought leader. She is the author of 14 books, four of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. Williamson has worked throughout her career on poverty, anti-hunger and racial reconciliation issues. In 2004, she co-founded The Peace Alliance and supports the creation of a U.S. Department of Peace.
Medea Benjamin, Guest Speaker — co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK and the co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange. She has been an advocate for social justice for more than 40 years. She was one of 1,000 exemplary women from 140 countries nominated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Dot Maver, Guest Speaker — founding President of the National Peace Academy USA, a co-founding board member of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures of Peace, and the founding executive director of the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding. Her work in education, politics and grassroots community organizing is focused on applied peacebuilding utilizing a shared responsibility and shared leadership model.
Ocala presenters and facilitators include:
Jessica McCune, Dr. Jillian Ramsammy, Dr. Manal Fakhoury, and Jessi Miller
The program will include keynote, a panel discussion, interactive workshop for all, a delicious lunch, inspiration, empowerment, education, goodies, and take-home resources.
