"Music means a lot to me. Before the war, I didn’t think about it in this way but during the war I discovered that it has become a real refuge for us. Even if only for a short while, music gives us a chance to escape reality.”

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the GuardianGaza’s musicians reopen bomb-shattered conservatory – in tentsEven though most of their instruments have been destroyed, teachers are restarting classes, using music to give relief to traumatised people