The growing problem of plastic pollution threatens the well-being of marine and land ecosystems alike, and the United Nations urges countries to enact policies restricting plastic production, while working together to clean up bodies of water and cities. By collecting and transforming garbage, the organization is dedicated to rehabilitating the environment and creating a movement of environmental activists who can combat plastic pollution in Egypt and beyond. His passion eventually spurred him to create the social good organization Rabab Luxor in the city of Luxor to share his knowledge about homemade instruments. “A passion takes you where you need to go.” “I learned how to play from YouTube and classes online, from meeting other musicians and jamming with them,” he said. Everything about it - creating it, making musical instruments, listening to music.” “I learned how to make something from nothing. “I learned a lot of skills from the army,” he told Global Citizen. After tuning them, he was ready to learn how to play for real. Soon, he was plucking the strings and hearing tinny sounds. He scavenged plastic fibers and turned them into strings. One day, he saw musical potential in empty tuna cans and began fashioning them into a guitar.
This might have deterred someone else, but Rabab was newly resourceful, having just finished Egypt’s mandatory military service where he learned hardscrabble survival skills. But he was broke and couldn’t afford to buy instruments or pay for lessons. He wanted to make songs and share them with the world. Shady Rabab was studying fine arts at the University of Luxor in Egypt several years ago when he realized that his true passion, his purpose in life, was music.
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