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Our Artist Ambassadors are leaders in their communities, inspiring those around them through their dedication to service and
their artistic integrity.
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Iraq
Balambo Jamal Tahir is a peace-maker,
author, musician and composer. He was born in a refugee camp in Iran in 1992 to Kurdish parents who had fled Halabja, site
of the 1988 chemical weapons attack by Iraqi Regime which left more than 5000 innocent children, women and men dead. He has
witnessed and lived in trauma, depression and the harm caused by ideological, political, social war, religious extremism. Through the arts and by educating himself, Balambo
has been able to channel his experiences into helping his community to understand the value of coexistence peace, openness
acceptance and freedom. Balambo published his first book o Persian traditional music in 2013 and graduated with a Bachelors
degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Halabja in 2015. He is on the board of
Subartu Institute of Ethnomusicology, Manager at Middle-East Sustainable Peace Organization and former program manager at
YES Academy Kurdistan.
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Syria
Abeer Krounfleh is a classical guitarist
and teacher, singer, and professor of French literature who lives in Damascus, Syria. Her greatest passions lie in working
to inspire children through through her work teaching at several schools and regular performances for children with physical
and developmental difficulties. She continues her leadership role as the Assistant Director of the Taous Guitar Orchestra
of Syria and Lebanon. A talented
alto, singer, Abeer is a member of the Syrian Chamber Choir, which gave the last performance in Palymyra before the ancient
archaeological treasure was destroyed by ISIS. She has learned to face fear head on and to turn experiences of trauma into
beauty which serves to inspire all around her.
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