COMMUNITY PROJECT

Raphique is developing an accessible music curriculum for PreK-5th grade with an emphasis on world culture. He is collaborating with ​Zunnar, a Palestinian pop-up cultural center, to create and share videos, worksheets, exercises, and stories that integrate music education and cultural appreciation. Building off of Zunnar’s work providing immersive cultural experiences, the project will be accessible online and will include historical knowledge, traditions, geographical landmarks, and cultural values in Dearborn as an educational method. Raphique hopes this project helps to combat the pressures of assimilation and feelings of isolation prevalent among Dearborn’s Arab-American youth by nurturing their artistic interests, instilling confidence, and affirming their identity.