{"id":20585,"date":"2015-11-17T16:23:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T22:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=20585"},"modified":"2015-11-17T16:23:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T22:23:55","slug":"syrian-band-raises-7000-for-refugee-relief-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/syrian-band-raises-7000-for-refugee-relief-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian band raises $7,000 for refugee relief (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ryan Connelly Holmes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Syrian band <a href=\"http:\/\/kinanazmeh.com\/2015\/07\/15\/hewar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hewar<\/a> raised $7,000 for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Save the Children<\/a> at a concert on Saturday night. All\u00a0proceeds\u00a0will go to help Syrian refugee children.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble of Kinan Azmeh on clarinet, Issam Rafea on oud, and Dima Orsho as lyrical soprano was accompanied by Omar al-Musfi on percussion. The concert, hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/tzedekchicago.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tzedek Chicago<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/luthermemorialchicago.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Luther Memorial Church<\/a>, took place in the chapel at Luther Memorial.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Syrian band raises $7,000 for refugee relief\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/146039602?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Syrian band Hewar in concert November 14, 2015. 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