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.
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