Held in December 2000, the Testimony of a Child is Sabreen’s most recently developed educational music initiative. The recreational relief project was designed to provide a needed release for children from the difficult circumstances and tensions associated with the latest uprising. Through a combination of music and art therapy workshops, the program sought to guide society, children in particular, in coping with the state of violence.

 

The project, targeting students from grades 6-9 in the Ramallah, Jerusalem and Bethlehem regions, consisted of a series of workshops organized and led by a team of professionals in music, theatre, painting, poetry, and the mental health field. Workshop sessions, each five hours long, included experimentation with a number of art mediums, including music, movement, theatre, painting, and script writing. An exhibition later displayed the children’s artwork to the public.