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Aeham Ahmad

    1 gennaio 1988

    Aeham Ahmad, nato a Damasco, appartiene alla minoranza palestinese in Siria e ha vissuto fino al 2015 con la sua famiglia nel campo profughi di Yarmouk. Il suo talento musicale è stato supportato fin dalla tenera età e, ventenne, si è diplomato al conservatorio di Damasco e Homs. Nonostante un infortunio alla mano destra che gli ha precluso la carriera di pianista concertista classico, Ahmad è emerso come un potente simbolo di speranza e resilienza. La sua musica, spesso eseguita in mezzo alla devastazione del campo, trasmette un messaggio di pace e umanità di fronte agli orrori della guerra.

    Taxi Damaskus
    Taxi Damaskus
    The pianist of Yarmouk
    • One morning on the outskirts of Damascus, two starving friends are walking through their desolate city and come across a familiar street that has been turned to rubble, concrete bridges towering above them like tombs and houses turned inside out. Aeham turns to the only comfort he has left and sits at his piano to play a song of hope to his fellow Syrians. It is a song that will reach far beyond the streets of his home and carry consequences he could never have dreamed of. This tender and poetic account of Aeham's experiences, from losing his city, friends and family to leaving his country and finding safety, will move readers with raw and candid emotion. This is a gripping portrait of a man's search for solace and of a country that has been fiercely torn apart.

      The pianist of Yarmouk