Wanted - muslim composer

[larudee@pacbell.net]

I send a greeting card to all my active clients at Christmas time, but not
necessarily a Christmas card.  It is generally an original composition by one of my
clients.  Last year it was a Hannukah liturgy composed by someone who is not a
client but is local and known to some of my clients.

This year I thought I had a lead on a local muslim composer who might be able to do
a composition for Eid al-Fitr, which this year falls about eight days before
Christmas, but I have been unable to find her.  Do any of you know such a person who
might like to undertake such a project?  It would be very short, small enough to fit
on three 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 pages, and preferably a song with piano accompaniment.

If I don't get to do it this year, I won't get a chance for quite a while, because
the muslim lunar calendar moves forward about 10 1/2 days each year relative to the
Gregorian calendar.

Thanks.

Paul Larudee

Horace Greeley wrote:

> Friends,
>
> I do not generally forward things of this nature.  However, these are
> extra-ordinary times, which require extra-ordinary responses.  The
> following was sent to me by a friend and colleague, whose angst and concern
> is reflected in the thoughts forwarded below:
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> The Palo Alto Weekly ran an article about Susan Solomon,a Palo Alto woman
> who started wearing a headscarf to see what would happen.  She was inspired
> to do this by the story of the Danish king who wore the yellow star which
> Nazis required all Jews to wear.  Almost all Danes joined in.  "The Jews
> were protected by the many".  Solomon found that she was harassed but
> resolves to wear the scarf until Muslim women in this area are no longer
> afraid.  See the story at:
> http://www.paloaltoonline.com/paw/paonline/weekly/morgue/2001/2001_10_03.scarf.h
> tml
>
> I find this story very inspiring but also very frightening.  I've been
> struggling to find the courage to follow Susan Solomon's lead.  But a
> friend has just sent me the following email about Scarves for Solidarity on
> Monday, Otober 8th.  The Interfaith Peace organization is asking women to
> wear head
> scarves on Monday, October 8th as a sign of solidarity with Muslim women
> who have been harassed and intimidated in America since September 11th.
>
> I can do this for one day.  I hope you will consider doing this for one day.
>
> -------------------------------
>
> MONDAY OCTOBER 8, 2001
> ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES
>
> Scarves for Solidarity Day
>
> This activity of peace and justice is being promoted by Jennifer Schock who
> is  a Unitarian in Virginia.   It was incubated by many people all over the
> country
> including Rabbi Arthur Waskow, a peace activist in Philadelphia, Dr.
> Susannah Heschel of Dartmouth and
> Sister Hilal Sala of the S.F. Bay Area.
>
> Women, regardless of their faith, across the United States plan to wear a
> scarf or hat to cover their hair on Monday October 8, 2001. Like friends
> who shave their heads in solidarity with cancer patients, women everywhere
> will wear the "hijab" and dress piously in solidarity and concern for
> Muslim women who have been harassed or who have been afraid to leave their
> houses because of ignorant hatred.
>
> Men can participate too.  Many Muslim men wear kufis, fez, African and
> Asian style pill box hats, knit caps, turbans and even backward baseball
> caps to cover their heads in piety.
>
> Jennifer says:  "The hijab (scarf) is worn outwardly to show the inner
> hijab ofcompassion, honesty, and love which is carried in the hearts and
> souls of
> Islamic men and women alike.  Simply cover
> your hair for a day.  It is a symbol of love."
>
> Please spread the word.  For more information on this project, please visit
> www.interfaithpeace.org
>
>         Salaam --  Shalom --  Paz -- Peace
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> If you can follow the link (which may wrap, and have to be typed in or
> copied the old-fashioned way to work), you will find the story from the
> Palo Alto Daily to be nothing short of horrifying.  We cannot hold the rest
> of the world up to standards at which we, ourselves, fail so miserably.  If
> we are truly to defeat terrorism anywhere, we must begin within our selves
> - and take responsibility for how we live our lives.
>
> I am not a king, Danish or otherwise; and I do not have a head scarf; but
> tomorrow I will be wearing something to cover my growing tonsure - and I
> urge you to consider doing so also.
>
> With every best wish and deep regard to all.
>
> Horace