Habibi music festival: From Marrakech to Baghdad

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All this week, the Habibi Festival in New York is showcasing musical artists from North Africa and the Middle East. The curator of the series, Yacine Boularès, is a French Tunisian saxophonist and clarinetist based in New York. The World’s Marco Werman shares a sampling of his music.

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