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with contributions from Scott Hagan

This year's Fez Festival of World Sacred Music was the fourth in a series that grew out of one man's response to the Desert Storm conflict in the Middle East. During that time, Dr. Faouzi Skali felt that it was important to have direct contact between peoples that would not be filtered through the media. After the first festival, which was built around films, he settled on music from all religious backgrounds—Christian, Jewish, Indian, Islamic, Sufi, and others—as the best medium for international communication.

"We have begun to discover what we are losing without spirituality," said Dr. Skali. "Progress has given us computers and global markets, but no feeling, no passion, no flavor of life. Then when we discover the beauty of spirituality ... it's just so strong and so deep that it reminds us of what we have lost.

"... We have to discover a new culture of living spirituality ...."

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