instrument of the week: setar, an Iranian lute descendent of the tanbur; four-strings and 25-27 moveable frets; not to be confused with the Indian sitar http://www.artpars.com/images/SETAR0.jpg
May 15th is Nakba Day, commemorating the displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people during the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.
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