Για όσους δεν γνωρίζουν, η Αρμενικής καταγωγής Σύρια Lena Chamamyan είναι το ανερχόμενο αστέρι στην κλασική, τζαζ και παραδοσιακή Αραβική και Αρμενική μουσική.
Είχε προσκληθεί από τους Αυστριακούς να λάβει μέρος στο φεστιβάλ "salam Orient Festival 2012".
Όταν ενημερώθηκε από την Αραβική κοινότητα ότι σπόνσορας του φεστιβάλ είναι η πρεσβεία του Ισραήλ, τους απάντησε ότι:
«Έχω πρόβλημα να αποδεχτώ τις απάνθρωπες πολιτικές, τις ωμότητες και παραβιάσεις των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων, την αφαίρεση ζωών και το χτίσιμο του περίφημου "Ισραηλινού Φράγματος της Δυτικής Οχθης" των Ισραηλινών αρχών. Θέλω να πέσουν τα τείχη ανάμεσα στους ανθρώπους και τους λαούς, αρχίζοντας με τα τείχη που φτιάχνουν οι πολιτικές».
Τους ζήτησε να βγάλουν το logo του Ισραήλ από τις αφίσες… οι Αυστριακοί της απάντησαν ότι είναι δύσκολο και τους έστειλε να γαμηθούν.
Αυτή τη Συρία, μ’ αυτούς τους ανθρώπους έχουν στο... στόχαστρο οι ιμπεριαλιστές!
Lena Chamamyan's letter of apology to participate to Salam Orient Festival 2012
Greetings everyone,
The Arab community in Austria contacted me yesterday, asking about my participation in "salam Orient Festival 2012" knowing that the Israeli embassy's logo was showing as one of the sponsors on the festival's official poster.
I was quite surprised to know this, as I did not have any idea about the subject, and as I have participated once before in this festival since its objectives and visions are oriented towards correcting the occident's misunderstanding of the oriental Arab and Islamic world, which is usually done by organizing concerts and events with artists from the involved countries.
My intention was to use my art to enforce that idea instead of confronting media's misconceptions with media only, and this intention relates directly to me as an Arab Syrian citizen, and as an artist. After heading to the festival’s site to verify the existence of the Israeli embassy's logo on the poster, I found out that the information that I have was true, which led me to cancel my participating for this year, and as an answer, they told me that the embassy is meant to bring an Israeli band during the event, however they would remove their logo from all of my concerts announcement, but I eventually realized that the festival’s agenda does not serve my visions as a human being and as an artist.
My problem is not with Judaism, nor with any other culture or belief, unlike how the festival's management hinted. My problem is about accepting the Israeli authority’s inhumane politics and tendency for atrocities and human rights violation by taking lives and building the famous “Israeli West Bank barrier”, which does not get along with my idea about breaking all walls and barriers between all human beings all over the planet, starting by politically-constructed barriers.
Therefore, as that the festival's vision does not agree with my own vision as a human first and as an artist second, I announce, as an Syrian Arab singer, my wish of not participating in the festival's concerts for this year, yet hoping to meet you all soon in our homeland,until we truly find peace
Peace for you,
peace upon my mother Syria
Lena
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