The Palestinian Institute for Cultural Development NAWA, NAWA is a nonprofit organization that was established in Ramallah in 2004. It focuses on the musical heritage of Palestinians through research, collection of material, publications, audio productions, and preservation. Its archive is considered the most important with thousands of photographs, print material, recordings, musical transcriptions, recorded testimonies, and interviews. It released several albums of rare recordings and reproductions of Palestinian composers who were active and engaged in a vital music scene before and after 1948. The Nawa Music Ensemble performs dozens of times locally and internationally. NAWA fosters the public's understanding and appreciation of culture and brings the realm of Palestinian culture within reach through creative presentations and displays, provides resources and facilities, collaborates with the community, and engages everyone, especially youth and children in creative work, teaching, and learning. NAWA embraces progress, diversity, and unity and will maintain positive leadership and a standard of excellence. It continues to engage in research and collection and lectures, seminars, and workshops. Its main researchers are Nader Jalal, Dr. Issa Boulos, and Loab Hammoud.