Shireen Abu-Khader

Dozan World Inc.

Bio: Dr. Shireen Abu-Khader is a Palestinian-Jordanian Canadian composer and educator with degrees in music education and choral conducting from the University of Toronto, the University of Southern California, and Oberlin Conservatory. After working with the National Conservatory of Music in Palestine from 1998 to 2000, she returned to Jordan and in 2002 founded Dozan wa Awtar Music Establishment. Her CD "Introducing Dozan" was released in 2008. Based in Toronto now, Shireen composes and collaborates with performers in introducing music from her native region. She recently founded Dozan World, which aims to increase international access to this repertoire through music publishing.