Kabul music school surfaces amid Afghanistan's revival
In Kabul a two story red building hosts Afghanistan's National Institute of Music, an effort to revive musical tradition after Taliban bans. Amid 150 students many are orphans. the school seeks to train teachers, fund a future symphony, and offer English math and history courses while paying street children like Marian Fidaye to study and perform.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Muhammad Aziz
National Institute of Music
South Asia
West
William Harvey
United States
New School
Harvey
Indiana
Taliban
Ahmad Sarmast
Australia
Sarmast
Monash University
German Society of Music Merchants
National College of Music
London
Marian Fidaye
Marian
Puerto Rico Faces Record High Preterm Birth Rates
In San Juan, Dr. Marta Valcarcel leads a NICU grappling with 20 percent of births before 37 weeks and a high infant mortality rate. Studies funded by NIH aim to track 900 pregnant women on Puerto Rico's north coast to assess groundwater contaminants and related risks.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Marta Valcarcel
Valcarcel
U.S. Caribbean
San Juan Hospital
United States
U.S
National Institutes of Health
Alma Seda
Edwin Soot Tapia
Arecibo