In 2014, Amer was one of the only music teachers still teaching in Syria. His school was a refuge for hundreds of students to combat the horrors of war with music. Their local concerts elevated the entire community. This caused Amer to be strong-armed by the regime, and then forced to smuggle himself out of the country, thus commencing his treacherous journey across 10 countries, 3 continents, and over 10,000km. Finally arriving in The Netherlands, Amer’s journey only continued as he shuffled through 9 resettlement camps, endless hurdles, no contacts, no money, no useable language, and no home. Despite all of this, Amer was able to rebuild his career as a sought after performer, teacher, and has since become a speaker and ambassador alongside some of the world’s leading human rights and peace & justice organizations.
In addition to our creative and production development, we have been building a broad platform of support, collaboration, and joint initiatives with organizations and leaders across the human rights and peace & justice communities including
The Peace Palace, The Carnegie Foundation, The Hague Project Peace & Justice, The Hague Institute for Global Justice, Musicians Without Borders, Justice and Peace NL, Hague Talks, Landesmusikakademie NRW, Vfonds, Permanent Secretariat for the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, CNN, Amer Music for Peace, and more.
contact:
DAKOTA LUPO // dakotalupo@gmail.com // 516.637.5845
www.dakotalupo.com // www.amershanati.com