Sound of hope
Gaza's young musicians sing and play in the ruins as escape from despair
Updated: 2025-08-25 10:29
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Healing touch
Mohammed Abu Mahadi, 32, the teacher, said he felt music could help heal Gazans psychologically from the pain of bombardments and loss.
Recently, over a dozen students gathered under a tent to practice on instruments carefully preserved through the war, and to join together in song and music.
"No fig leaf will wither inside us," the boy sang, a line from a popular lament about Palestinians' loss through generations of displacement.
