On the evening of November 13th, VICPP Board Member Hurunnessa Fariad taught a group of congregants at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. an Afghan song. Invited by the synagogue’s music director, Micah Hendler, who accompanied her on the keyboard, she shared a slower and softer version of a song she grew up listening to with her family in Afghanistan. Click the button below to watch the video of their informal but warming performance of “Sultan Qalbam” by Ahmad Zahir to experience how music is a part of Afghan culture and the recent humanitarian events in Afghanistan has ignited greater awareness of our new neighbors.