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Palestinian-born musician Clarissa Bitar is an award-winning player of the oud, a fretless pear-shaped stringed instrument. Bitar, who was raised in the US, speaks to Meklit Hadero, of the podcast "Movement," about learning the oud, the role of music in maintaining a connection to their culture and the war in Gaza.
For Palestinians in the diaspora, staying connected to their ancestral home and making sense of the politics in the region has long been a challenge. Meklit Hadero, host of “Movement,” a series on music and migration, spoke with Clarissa Bitar, a Palestinian American who found that a musical instrument could bridge history and great distance.
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