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...still on their faces. The trip had provoked the wrath of Zakaria Zubeidi, head of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement in the area. Zubeidi banished Younis from Jenin, forcing the closure of the music school where she had spent the last six years teaching Palestinian teenagers to play the violin, the Oud and drums. "The children are now crying. They're afraid," Younis told TIME in a telephone interview. "One girl told me she sleeps with her violin hidden under her bed because she's afraid that these men will come in the middle of the night and take...
...viewer passes into the main room, where fifteen video screens cover the back wall. Fourteen of these, all featuring interviews with widows, surround one large screen with footage of the same beach scene. The sound of waves permeates the entire gallery, interrupted occasionally by the melancholy note of a violin...
...more than a year since the beauty shop at which she worked cut all full-time positions. She appreciates the stability her daughter's school provides as well as the instrument the school is lending Ty'jhanae for the year. "She just loves playing her violin," Powe says. "Every time we go to a different church, she plays it for the volunteers...
...serene intimacy of a wood-paneled gallery at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, two slender violin bows dipped up and down against the backdrop of a 15th century Italian painting last Friday afternoon. The violinists, dressed elegantly in black with splashes of red and white, focused intently on the delicacy of their work. A small audience of museum-goers stood and perched on folding stools nearby, while others calmly perused the surrounding artwork. Even gallery security guards stretched their beats slightly to watch the performance. In adjoining rooms, the airborne cadences of concertos reached statues, portraits, vases, and painted panels...
Like many classical musicians, he began training early in life. From the violin at three to the cello at six, Olarte-Hayes attended the Julliard pre-college program in seventh grade. There, he switched teachers three times to capitalize on their knowledge and learn as much as he could...