Zeyba Rahman develops and directs integrated cultural and educational platforms for performing, visual and literary arts as well as film. From 1997-2007, Rahman served as a Director of Morocco’s Fès Festival of World Sacred Music and its companion Fès Forum.

In her capacity as the Senior Project Advisor for Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas, Rahman has helped to create the project’s structure, serving on the curatorial team and overseeing the project’s program partnerships while advising on marketing and media strategies. Based in New York City, Rahman is the Chairwoman of World Music Institute.

In the video clip to the right, Rahman describes an extraordinary scene she witnessed in Fez, Morocco and, through that experience, her sense of the arts as a unique cultural bridge.