The France-Palestine Solidarity Association Lorient supports the project to create a recording studio in the socio-cultural center Beit Atfal Assoumoud of the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj Al Shamali in southern Lebanon.



This studio would initially help the musical group GUIRAB, who met in 2007 at the Interceltic Festival of Lorient, to record a new album. Many musical projects in the camp are supported by the Italian NGO Ulaia Arte sud onlus. Various artists could thus record their music. In addition, the recording studio would benefit musicians from other refugee camps in Lebanon.



This will allow them to have more autonomy to develop their numerous musical projects and will encourage young people to go into music.

The project’s objective is to preserve the Palestinian identity by reviving and transmitting the culture and heritage of the Palestinian people to the new generations.

At present, the association “art de la diffusion de l’art” ( “art of spreading of art” ) has received 1,500 € with the City ofLorient, their dossier is eligible for the Brittany Region and will be the subject of a directive under the policy of international solidarity in the month of May.

To support this project, we need to raise 2000€ through this crowdfunding campaign to buy computers, mixers, microphones...and celebrate 25 years Guirab !

The music group Guirab was founded in 1989. Guirab stands for bagpipes into arab. Its creation is part of a proactive concept adopted by the social workers, and volunteers, of the Palestinian refugees camp Burj Al Shamali, located in Tyre, southern Lebanon. Rallying the scouting, their action is lay on purpose fact that has to be emphasized in a country and a context we all know.

This is a mixed group, consisting of about twenty young musicians. Its recognition in the camp is such as to make it attracting every year new young members, until to reach the about twenty of today.

It focuses on promoting the art of the bagpipes for the Palestinians of Lebanon, through their own culture. The practice of the bagpipes, simple instrument provided with a bag is part of the Middle-East History; and the Scottish bagpipes was accepted by many Palestinians after the English presence in the Middle-East in the 20th century.

Guirab on the web :

https://myspace.com/guirab

https://www.facebook.com/sumud.guirab