Yemeni music students face hardships in learning instruments

STORY: Yemeni music students face hardships in learning instruments DATELINE: April 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of teachers and students playing musical instruments 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDULLAH AL-DUBAI, Music teacher 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AKRAM AL-HADDAD, Music student 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): NADIA AL-SHAWKANI, Music student STORYLINE: In war-ravaged Yemen, many youths have turned to music to escape the brutal reality of the ongoing conflict. Thanks to the work of a music teacher, Abdullah Al-Dubai, many young boys and girls in Sanaa managed to finish two years of music education. This achievement is particularly remarkable given the ongoing conflicts and the daily hardships faced by the Yemeni people. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDULLAH AL-DUBAI, Music teacher "In the current music semester, we had 100 students initially, but due to limited resources, we could not accommodate all of them in a single class. As a result, during music lessons, I had