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Singing for Peace / The Human Connection
Noa and Gil have collaborated frequently with Arab and Palestinian artists from around the world, including
Khaled from Algeria,
Nabil Salameh from
Lebanon, Handallah from Nablus,
Rim Banna from
Nazareth, Amal Murkus from Kfar Yasif, and
Mira Awad from Kfar Raameh. These collaborations enable the duo to express, musically, their belief in the power of communication and dialogue as a means of promoting peace and understanding.
On November 4th 1995, Noa was on stage performing for an audience of 50,000 at the historic peace rally in Tel-Aviv just minutes before the late
Yitchak Rabin was assassinated. She was the first and only major Israeli artist who agreed to have her name posted on the billboards calling for participation in this fateful rally.
In March 1999 Noa sang for
President Clinton at the White House in the event held by the Yitzhak Rabin Foundation honoring the late Rabin's 77th birthday. She was also invited to sing in Oslo for the anniversary of the Peace accord signed there, before an audience that included
President Clinton, Ehud Barak, Yasser Arafat and the
King of Norway. Noa was awarded the "dove of peace" by Nobel-peace prize laureate
Shimon Peres, and has performed and collaborated on numerous occasions with the
Peres Center for Peace.
In February 1999 Noa appeared together with
Steven Spielberg for the Shoah foundation in Berlin. That same month, she was honored with the
"Crystal Award" by the
"World Economic Forum" in Davos, Switzerland, where she has performed together with Palestinian artists and participated in numerous panels dealing with peace in the Middle East and the role of art and artists in possibly bringing it about. In 2001 Noa was again invited to participate in the WEF in NY, where she had the honor of performing in a star-studded gala evening produced by
Phil Ramone and
Quincy Jones, featuring artists such as
Bono, Peter Gabriel, Lauryn Hill, India Arie and many others. In this special concert she performed John Lennon's immortal "Imagine" together with the Algerian singer
Khaled, in Hebrew, English and Arabic.
In 2000, the Mayor of Melpignano awarded Noa and
Nabil Salameh, Lebanese singer songwriter of the group "
RadioDervish", honorary citizenship for their activity for peace. Two years later year, Nabil dedicated one of the group's albums to Noa's son, Ayehli.
In May 2002, Noa took part in the first-ever concert at the
Rome Colloseum, under the banner of "
Time for Life - A Tribute for Peace". The event featured
Ray Charles, Mercedes Sosa, Khaled, Nicola Piovani, and various artists from Aghanistan, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Africa and Ireland. Thousands watched the concert on giant video screens.
On october16th 2003, Noa was nominated "good will ambassador" for FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). In a ceremony which took place in Rome she joined ambassador-celebrities like
Roberto Baggio, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Debbie Ferguson, Gilberto Gil, Gina Lollobrigida, Yousou N'Dour, Khaled and Dionne Warwick.
In May 2004 Noa performed in
"We Are the Future": a globally telecast fund raising concert for children in conflict areas. The event, which was produced by
Quincy Jones and hosted by the mayor of Rome
Walter Veltroni, featured an international line-up of stars and performers such as
Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, Chris Tucker, Naomi Campbell and Serena Williams, Patti Austin, Carlos Santana, Alicia Keys, Andrea Bocelli, Carmen Consoli, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Stomp, Take 6, Angelique Kidjo and others. The concert was performed live in front of an audience of 350,000 in Rome's "Circo Massimo", and broadcast on MTV, VH1 and various other channels to millions more around the world (this performance was held during Noa's 6th month of pregnancy!).
On April 3rd 2005 Noa became the first woman to receive the
"Galileo Galilei" order medal from the "Grand Orient", the Italian arm of the
Free Masons Oranization.
On July 2nd Noa performed in
Bono and
Sir Bob Geldorf's "
Live 8" concert in front of hundreds of thousands of people that filled Rome's Circo Massimo and millions of TV viewers across the world. The concert's aim was to put pressure on the world's leading nations to erase third world debts. The Rome line up included:
Duran Duran, Faith Hill, Lorenzo (Jovanotti), Nek, Pino Daniele, Antonello Venditti, Claudio Baglioni, Tim McGraw, Velvet and many others
On August 7th Noa received the prestigious
"Gemona Seminar" Prize for artistic excellence and her contribution to peace and understanding. In September, she performed at the
Ambrosetti Forum which took place in Villa d'Este, Como, Italy, before distinguished participants such as
Shimon Peres, Saeb Arekat and Amer Mussa. She took advantage of this stage, as she has many times before, to express her belief in the importance of dialogue and the need for vision-driven, selfless leadership.