Music, Memoirs & Middle Eastern Identity | Mariam C Said
We talked to Mariam about her work with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (WEDO) and Barenboim-Said Foundation.
Mariam C. Said was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, and currently resides in New York City. Together with Daniel Barenboim, she is a major force behind the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (WEDO) and serves as the Vice-President of the Barenboim-Said Foundation. In 2009, Mrs. Said published the critically acclaimed memoir A World I Loved: A Story of an Arab Woman, by her mother Wadad Makdisi Cortas. Mrs. Said holds an undergraduate degree from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon and two graduate degrees from Columbia University in New York City. She worked for more than 20 years in the financial services industry in New York.
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