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Massari, Ali Gatie Team for UN World Food Program Initiative

Lebanese-Canadian Massari and Iraqi-Canadian Ali Gatie teamed up for a new song and video, I See The Dream (Badna Salam), promoting a global message of peace.

Massari, Ali Gatie Team for UN World Food Program Initiative

By Karen Bliss

Lebanese-Canadian Massari and Iraqi-Canadian Ali Gatie teamed up for a new song and video, I See The Dream (Badna Salam), promoting a global message of peace. The pair debuted the pop release with a pre-recorded acoustic version, as part of The United Nations World Food Programme’s pre-show for the People’s Prize Celebration during which the humanitarian organizations officially received their Nobel Peace Prize.


The two musicians are also new ambassadors for the World Food Program USA’s #ZeroHungerChampions campaign and will be donating a portion of the proceeds from I See The Dream merchandise.

Massari and Gatie both know struggle and sacrifice personally from their childhoods in war-torn countries, before their families immigrated to Canada. They met via their shared manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, a Lebanese-Canadian, who was just named manager of the year by Variety. -- Read Karen Bliss's Variety magazine feature in full here.

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Obituaries: Canadian Tributes to Soul Star Sam Moore of Sam & Dave and Influential Canadian Book Store and Venue Owners

This week, we acknowledge the passing of Toronto record and book store owner Bruce Surtees, music venue owner Roger Dupuis, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary, and Renaissance bassist Jon Camp.

Bruce Venn Surtees, owner of music and book retail stores in Toronto and the U.S. and a record reviewer, died on Dec. 28, at age 94.

Bruce Surtees and his wife Vivienne ran The Book Cellar in Toronto's prestigious Yorkville area, helping it earn a reputation as one of the best independent book stores in Canada. In 1983, they sold it to Lori Bruner, a prominent Canadian record label executive (Astral Records, Polydor).

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