Walead Mosaad – Speech In Al Firdaus Ensemble Concert Lehigh University

Walead Mosaad
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The speaker discusses the importance of tunes in the context of global warming and the rise of Christian and Muslim philosophers. They also mention the importance of religious audition experiences and the practice of holyure. The speaker hopes that these experiences will be a memorable day and will linger on until Thanksgiving.

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			And that you want immunity to the
products on some man officiates
		
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			interfaith coexistence musical
event sponsored by the university
		
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			champions, as well as global
warming Global Union, and civic
		
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			community and local nonprofit.
		
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			So we're gonna get started a
little bit, but I thought I tried
		
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			to give him a little bit of a
background about kind of the
		
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			tunes. And the themes that you'll
be hearing tonight.
		
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			A lot of the tunes that they'll be
singing comes from ancient themes
		
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			that trace back to ambition,
Spain, and as many of you are
		
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			aware of, there was a period in
Spain, under the auspices of
		
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			mostly Muslim rule, that there was
a flourishing of three faiths,
		
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			namely, Christianity, Judaism, and
Islam. So some of the greatest us
		
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			philosophers came out of
		
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			academician and the Muslim
philosophers as well. And also
		
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			Christian philosophers and some of
the greatest music. So it was kind
		
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			of that we're at a point in
history, where we have this
		
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			confluence of different
backgrounds, different languages,
		
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			different religious perspectives,
but in a matter that maybe wasn't
		
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			100% harmonious all the time, but
to a great degree, actually
		
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			produced a lot of the world's
greatest literature and music, and
		
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			so forth. So they have a lot of
influences on their music.
		
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			Flamenco. You're going to hear to
Arabic beginning a little bit,
		
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			even Celtic themes. Tonight,
Sharla, God willing.
		
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			Also, for Muslims, this is a very
auspicious night, because it's the
		
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			commemoration of the birth of the
Prophet Muhammad that Muslims
		
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			revere as the final and last and
revered Prophet office lamp. And
		
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			these types of events, sometimes
they're referred to as mobileread,
		
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			which simply means commemoration
of a birthday. And you also find
		
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			in traditional Muslim texts, the
idea of what we're going to do
		
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			here tonight, or audition is
referred to as religious
		
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			experience. And you'll find in
religious texts that there's
		
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			chapters about how does one
benefit from spiritual audition,
		
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			how does one benefit from music
from words, and allow them to
		
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			penetrate the heart and entertain
the soul, so that they themselves
		
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			can become enlivened knowledge,
not just with the tunes, and the
		
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			rhythm, but also with the music
itself and the meanings. And this
		
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			is the practice in the Muslim
world today. Both the Jewish and
		
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			Christian traditions also have
forms of this Buddhist tradition
		
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			has forms of this. So, you know, I
think we're living in uncertain
		
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			and maybe difficult times, in many
ways.
		
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			Last month, or maybe earlier this
month, myself, and Rabbi Steve
		
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			Nathan was here tonight and
university champion, Dr. Lloyd
		
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			Stephen, we came together to do a
vigil with the Pittsburgh shooting
		
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			synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh,
at the Tree of Life synagogue. And
		
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			we both spoke here, and there was
quite a number of students who
		
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			came out. And I had mentioned that
night that it seems to keep coming
		
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			together for these sorts of
things. And so the inevitable that
		
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			somehow we come together once
again, to talk about tragedy, and
		
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			how to cope with it and get
through it. And I'd like to see a
		
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			world where people of different
perspectives and backgrounds and
		
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			languages and ethnicities and
religions can come together to do
		
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			something positive, and come to
something that will not only
		
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			help them to cope with everyday
life, but to move on to a plane to
		
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			a place where we're not just
surviving, but we're thriving.
		
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			And I think too many of us were
just sort of trying to get by, as
		
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			it were, you know, make it through
the day, make it through the week,
		
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			make it through the month. And as
human beings, I think the world
		
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			speaks to our intellects to our
mind, but I also think it speaks
		
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			to our heart. I think the shorter
route, and the shorter route is
		
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			the heart. And music has the
ability to do that. It takes a
		
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			direct line to the heart, when it
penetrates. It has the ability to
		
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			bring people together. It has the
ability for people to gloss over
		
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			the differences and move on and
think about the common humanity
		
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			between them all. And so I'm
hoping that this type of events,
		
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			very excited and proud that we got
support from the organizations
		
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			that I've been to have a lot of
great thanks to Dr. Lloyd Stephens
		
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			University chaplain and Rabbi
Steven Nathan and also the
		
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			coordinator of the chaplains
office.
		
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			I'm terrible because for helping
us and putting out this event and
		
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			we have a myriad of volunteers
also that came together. So
		
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			hopefully, this will be a
memorable day. We won't just think
		
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			about it while we're here but it
will linger with us even for just
		
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			a bit. At least through until
Thanksgiving turkey dinner. I
		
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			think we would have done what
we've set out to do here. So
		
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			without really further ado, I
asked the furnace ensemble take a
		
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			stage and get ready for for some
good distinguish our Thank you