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Syria and Germany

Anas Maghrebi at a music store in central Berlin. He and his Syrian band Khebez Dawle turned their journey from Turkey to Germany into a series of concerts.

This Syrian band played its first European concert in a refugee camp. Now they’re going on tour.

February 5, 2016Music

The members of Khebez Dawle are among the million-plus refugees and migrants who made their way to Western Europe last year. But for them, the journey to safety turned into a music tour.

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