I’ve covered the brutal realities of Ukraine’s war on its eastern front lines since the Russian invasion of 20227xm, but my home on the other side of the country remained largely untouched by violence. In September, the conflict reached my family in

On the evening of April 14token devils, 2023, I was at a concert in Khartoum. The end of Ramadan was near, and the audience listened to the ouds, tambours and kanoons of Bait Al Oud, an orchestra set up to preserve traditional Sudanese instruments.

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