"There are bad things in the media outside," Mr. Aljoma says. "Sometimes, they think you are Palestinian, you are living in the camps, you are a terrorist. They think like this, and this is not true."A henna-decorated performer from Guirab illustrates a cultural contrast that has produced harmony: Palestinians, thought to have played a version of the bagpipe much earlier, were reintroduced to it under British rule between 1920 and 1948. Newscom/File
Band practice for refugees
Young palestinians gain self-esteem – and find a welcome precision – in a camp-based bagpipe band in southern Lebanon.
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2010/0715/Band-practice-for-refugees
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