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Talented Palestinian youths find opportunity in national student orchestra

A project co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and An-Najah National University will enable musically talented youths to find a platform to develop their talent.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Ghassan al-Rimawi, a 17-year-old student from the city of Ramallah, gave a violin performance at An-Najah National Univeristy’s Faculty of Fine Arts in Nablus on Oct. 7. and was selected by the supervisory committee tasked with selecting students for the first National School Orchestra.

Rimawi, a 12th-grader, will be among about 50 students from public and private schools who will form the orchestra, which is part of an initiative the Ministry of Education announced Sept. 23.

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