The Daily Star: Call for resilience against extremism
The global youth summit against violent extremism that started in New York on Monday had a speaker who was once inclined towards terrorism but now prevents others from going astray. Yousef Assidiq, a former recruiter for Norway's radical outfit Prophet's Ummah, shared the stage with youths from different countries. Organised by the Counter Extremism Project, the summit has the backing of the US State Department as well as Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Inc.
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.