Hi everyone,

Thanks to all of you who helped make the September 22 show at Joe's Pub an infectious cross-cultural celebration. There will be more and more gatherings. We're building the www.stephansaid.com website as a hub for Iraqi refugee advocacy, which will meld my music and global justice writings with direct and trackable actions on behalf of the refugees. The site will include photos, lyrics, mp3s, videos, and essays.

Please stay tuned! I look forward to working with all of you to roll out this site, album, and advocacy campaign, marrying international tolerance and post-border culture. I believe the most universal humanitarian response to the war in Iraq, and for our mutual international security, is to help the innocent 4.8 million internally and externally displaced Iraqi refugees, whose numbers make the crisis the most catastrophic of our times. I hope you will help us as we advance a globalization of love that benefits us all, in every nation. Our generation has the tools to create the more equitable global society we seek today. We don't have to wait for politicians or pop radio, we can lead them.

For now, if you're interested in finding out more about the crisis or working with organizations already involved, go to the following links: