U.N. Launches #WhatDoesItTake Campaign with Syrian Musician Kinan Azmeh
As Syria descended further and further into a bloody civil war, Damascus-born clarinetist Kinan Azmeh found that he was unable to write new music. “Especially for the first year,” Azmeh, who lives in Brooklyn, said, “because there’s something much bigger happening than what I can express through my music.”
Azmeh is featured in a new video created by David Gough and Thomas Maddens, in coordination with the United Nation’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Eventually, he decided that he needed to “keep my voice heard,” and composed a new piece titled “A Sad Morning Every Morning.” The video, premiering exclusively on VF.com, heralds the launch of a new campaign by the United Nations. The effort, organized under the hashtag #WhatDoesItTake, seeks to bring attention back to the crisis.
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