West-Eastern Divan
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The West-Eastern Divan is a symphony orchestra. It was named after an anthology of poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
It was founded by the Argentinian-Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian-American academic Edward Said. The young musicians who play in the orchestra are mostly Israeli or Palestinian. The aim of the West-Eastern Divan is to promote understanding between Israelis and Palestinians and pave the way for a peaceful and fair solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The orchestra has performed around the world and in besieged territories in Palestine. It has an annual summer school in Seville.
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- The Official West-Eastern Divan Website
- meta:Solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Lecture 4 of the 2006 Reith Lectures is largely about the West-Eastern Divan
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