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Britney saved refugee children
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ANKAWA, Iraq -- When the Rev. Daniel Alkhory first asked them to draw their dreams, shortly after they arrived at his church about two years ago, the children drew rockets and bombs, soldiers and Islamic State fighters.
Displaced from their homes near Mosul when militants swept into the country, the children were residents of a camp on the grounds of Mar Elia Chaldean Catholic Church in Ankawa, a Christian suburb of Irbil, the Kurdish region's capital. Their drawings reflected trauma, anger and a desire for revenge, Alkhory said.
To prepare displaced families for reconciliation and to head off violent reprisals when they return to their communities, Alkhory organized programs aimed at healing their trauma and encouraging their resilience. Music played a notable part.
Six months later, when Alkhory asked them again to draw their dreams and ambitions, they made more hopeful images of judges, engineers, teachers, builders, cooks, doctors and even a pop star.
"That one was inspired by Britney Spears," Alkhory said, pointing to one 11-year-old girl's crayon drawing of a singer on stage under a disco ball. "Her songs helped them heal their trauma. They really love her songs. She's so famous among the children."
The program includes daily activities such as drama, reading, computer and Bible study classes. But music class and dancing to hits by Spears and other pop stars on YouTube "were like a path" to healing because they helped the children express themselves, Alkhory said.
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Source: http://www.aina.org/news/20160820142740.htm
From fighting pirates to saving children, her music can do anything  The Holy Spear---t is real
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