Wessal and Samaa: 2 Music Concerts in Mosul Old City


Action for Hope presented two concerts in the old city of Mosul in December 2020; the first concert was Wessal that came at the closing of a seminar on traditional and folk music, as part of the “Listening to Iraq” project. The concert was presented in Khan Hammo Al Kaddo by a group of music masters including Anwar Abou Dragh, Duraid Fadhil, Mohamed Salem Sheet and Mohamed Mahmoud, and was attended by more than 120 people. The second concert, Samaa, came as a result of the workshop for training young musicians within the same project. Samaa was presented by 13 young musicians and more than 200 people attended the concert in Khan Al Gumrok.!