KNOWLEDGE IS THE BEGINNING by Paul Smaczny 2005, Germany, doc. 114' Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim were the founders of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. The orchestra is made up of students from Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine. Their countries are at war, but they perform Mozart, Schumann, Beethoven in Berlin, Seville and Ramallah together. Daniel Barenboim concludes: “We either kill each other or share what there is to share.“KNOWLEDGE IS THE BEGINNING by Paul Smaczny 2005, Germany, doc. 114' Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim were the founders of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. The orchestra is made up of students from Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine. Their countries are at war, but they perform Mozart, Schumann, Beethoven in Berlin, Seville and Ramallah together. Daniel Barenboim concludes: “We either kill each other or share what there is to share.“