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And the ensemble has performed at their...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEADIN:\u003cbr/\u003e              Six Palestinian and Syrian girls have spent two years mastering traditional musical instruments from the accordion to the oud, to stay connected to their homeland.\u003cbr/\u003e              And the ensemble has performed at their first professional concert.\u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE:\u003cbr/\u003e              There's no first night nerves for these budding musicians. \u003cbr/\u003e              The six Palestinian and Syrian girls are debuting their new musical ensemble: \"Flowers\" (Zhourat) in Beirut.\u003cbr/\u003e              The songs are a recognisable mix of traditional music from Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, but the musicians themselves first picked up their instruments just two years ago.\u003cbr/\u003e              From the accordion, to the oud, tablah to the riq, the girls have enough instruments between them to form this group.\u003cbr/\u003e              Since then, they've practised six hours a week at the Action for Hope Musical School before graduating this year.\u003cbr/\u003e              The girls, a mix of Palestinian and Syrian, all live in Lebanon. \u003cbr/\u003e              Some will have never set foot in their homeland, for others a normal life will be a distant memory. \u003cbr/\u003e              The charity behind the initiative - Action for Hope - hopes this will be a way to encourage the young women engage with their own musical heritage. \u003cbr/\u003e              Both Syria and Palestine have rich musical traditions. \u003cbr/\u003e              But future generations are in danger of losing this artistic link. \u003cbr/\u003e              Fourteen year-old Hanadi Al Hajj plays the oud. \u003cbr/\u003e              Originally from Aleppo, she now lives in the Shatila refugee camp, in south Beirut.\u003cbr/\u003e              Chosen from a number of hopefuls for their musical potential, the girls were then allowed to choose their instrument.\u003cbr/\u003e              Hanadi immediately reached for the oud, she says, because the sound reminds her of her old life and of her uncle and grandfather in Syria. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I used to see my uncle play the oud. I used to dream of touching it, but he never allowed me to and he never gave me it,\" she says. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I saw him and felt he was talented and I wanted to become like him, when they said to me: 'What would you like to play?' I said the oud.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Hanadi wants to play professionally when she's older and perform in a group. \u003cbr/\u003e              Maha Fattouh is also fourteen. Originally from Homs, she now lives in Shatila with her family.\u003cbr/\u003e              She plays the buzaq or saz, a traditional instrument originally from Turkey. \u003cbr/\u003e              She says playing in the group with other young women has inspired her.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The biggest thing I like about the group is that we learn from each other, everyone picked an instrument that they love and we met together, teaching each other and helped anyone who needed it to make them stronger. At first we were weak but then after time we became stronger and if someone didn't understand we were there to help them.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              The organisation also hopes some of the girls will pursue music professionally in the future.\u003cbr/\u003e              There are currently around five million registered Syrian refugees living outside Syria, mainly in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. \u003cbr/\u003e              Lebanon hosts more than one million of them.\u003cbr/\u003e              450,000 Palestinian refugees are registered in the country, most found in the 12 refugee camps around the country. \u003cbr/\u003e              Syrian refugees are denied legal status in Lebanon and opportunities for them are limited. \u003cbr/\u003e              But with music, maybe Maha and Hanadi - along with the other girls - have a future.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I want my name to become famous, but not only for playing the buzaq. I want to have strong feelings when people listen to me, I want them to say this playing is wonderful, that the person who taught her is a real musician, professional, beautiful and that's why I love the buzaq and want to continue playing.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Farah Kaddour is the musicians' artistic supervisor. \u003cbr/\u003e              She's been with the girls every step of the way.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It is so important to stay attached to our artistic traditions, especially music,\" she says. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Under the cover of wars happening, not only in Syria and Palestine, but wars against identity, it is our duty to maintain identity through music. This is what we're trying to do with our students, through music and their instruments.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Some of the other graduates from the music school have joined the concert, playing a selection of Christmas songs. \u003cbr/\u003e              Many of these young people have completed the first of their two years training. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"If we're talking about education, then music is the greatest thing that stays with children,\" says Kaddour. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"It's so important to let this side grow, it's a foundation, just like when you teach a child to write Arabic, it's the same for learning music.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              A second concert will take place for those children completing their first year of study on Sunday 17 December.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Beirut, Lebanon - 10 December 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Various of musical group \"Flowers\" (Zhourat) playing their first concert in Beirut \u003cbr/\u003e              2. Mid of Hanadi Al Hajj (right playing the oud) and Maryam Qaysaniyah playing the accordion \u003cbr/\u003e              3. Wide of the group\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Close of Al Hajj singing\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Aya Bakkar playing the buzuq (also known as the saz) \u003cbr/\u003e              6. Various of Al Hajj practicing the oud before the concert\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Close of Al Hajj's face\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Close of Al Hajj's hands playing the oud\u003cbr/\u003e              9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hanadi Al Hajj, oud musician: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"When I was little I used to go to my grandfather and uncle's house (in Syria) and I used to see my uncle play the oud. I used to dream of touching it, but he never allowed me to and he never gave me it. I saw him and felt he was talented and I wanted to become like him, when they said to me: 'What would you like to play?' I said the oud.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Various of Al Hajj playing\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Close of Al Hajj smiling\u003cbr/\u003e              12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hanadi Al Hajj, oud musician: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"When I practise music I like or I'm comfortable with I feel calm and elegant. I feel it looks similar to me, when I play I feel tenderness and I am relaxed just playing by myself.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              13. Various of Maha Fattouh practising the buzuq/saz before the concert\u003cbr/\u003e              14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Maha Fattouh, buzuq/saz musician: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"The biggest thing I like about the group is that we learn from each other. Everyone picked an instrument that they love and we met together, teaching each other and helped anyone who needed it to make them stronger. At first we were weak but then after time we became stronger and if someone didn't understand we were there to help them.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Wide of Fattouh playing\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Close of Fattouh's hand\u003cbr/\u003e              17. Fattouh smiling as playing\u003cbr/\u003e              18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Maha Fattouh, buzuq/saz musician: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I want my name to become famous, but not only for playing the buzuq. I want to have strong feelings when people listen to me, I want them to say this playing is wonderful, that the person who taught her is a real musician, professional, beautiful and that's why I love the buzuq and want to continue playing.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              19. The ensemble \"Flowers\" walking to the stage\u003cbr/\u003e              20. Various of Fattouh playing \u003cbr/\u003e              21. Various of children from the Action for Hope Music playing\u003cbr/\u003e              22. Reverse of woman recording concert on her phone\u003cbr/\u003e              23. Close of Farah Kaddour, Artistic Supervisor of \"Flowers\"\u003cbr/\u003e              24. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Farah Kaddour, Artistic Supervisor of \"Flowers\" at the Action for Hope Musical School: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"It is so important to stay attached to our artistic traditions, especially music. Under the cover of wars happening, not only in Syria and Palestine, but wars against identity, it is our duty to maintain identity through music. This is what we're trying to do with our students, through music and their instruments.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              25. Various of \"Flowers\" performing\u003cbr/\u003e              26. Pull focus of girls performing\u003cbr/\u003e              27. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Farah Kaddour, Artistic Supervisor of \"Flowers\" at the Action for Hope Musical School: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"If we're talking about education, then music is the greatest thing that stays with children, he can't answer why, but when he grows up he'll always remember childhood songs. It's so important to let this side grow, it's a foundation, just like when you teach a child to write Arabic, it's the same for learning music. This is part of the musical language and this is what we want to do under the cover of this current chaos, we bring them to an important part of their memories and tradition.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              28. 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