Nurturing Identity and Interculturality: A Streets Dept Oral History With Hazami Sayed , Executive Director/Founder of Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
September 5, 2018 | Phillip Reid | Streets Dept Contributor
Hazami Sayed tells us the history of Al-Bustan, providing context and fascinating details about how current projects came to be!
“Sometimes I feel like we’re overreaching, and it’s daunting. I feel a sense of responsibility, for sure, sometimes worrying, Can we pull this off? Do we have the funding in place? Do we have the right people on board now? But I’m optimistic. I’m a generally optimistic person and I believe that perseverance and persistence pays off when you have a well-meaning intention and a goal that can make a difference in people’s lives, in people’s experience, self-identity and expression, and bring people together—these are things that we try to do on a daily basis. I mean that’s what’s important to a lot of people that come and work with us, whether they’re international artists or local artists, it’s the coming together, of who they meet in the process.”
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