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The Jewish Arab women’s choir "Rana" 

 

The Jewish Arab women’s choir Rana is a Jaffa based choir of twenty Muslim Jewish and Christian women who are veterans of the choir formerly known as Shirana. The choir was based at the Jaffa Arab Jewish Community Center from 2008 to 2015 and has toured successfully in Israel and around the world. Rana was created in January 2016 by former Shirana founder and conductor Mika Danny, and former artistic director Idan Toledano. 
The choir’s objective is to provide a space for women’s voices, which regrettably are not heard enough in this region of the world, on all its social and aesthetic meanings. The choir operates from the belief in the power of shared creation and song to foster intercultural dialogue and to form deep human relationships. In singing together the women express their sentiments and sensibilities of shared lives and destinies, their hopes for life and peace, and the range of feelings common to all humankind. The choir presents and represents coexistence at its best; it is a model of emulation on numerous levels – gendered, social and musical. Its repertoire includes songs in Arabic, Hebrew, and folklore from around the world. 
The choir operates under the umbrella of Felicja Blumental Music Center Association - an NGO dedicated to discovering and presenting talented musicians in order to help them achieve their full potential. 

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