Fighting terror with music in Iraq

Conductor of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, Karim Wasfi on his efforts to neutralise violence through creative action. Whenever a car bomb explodes in Baghdad, Wasfi turns up to play his cello at the site - unleashing power and beauty in the midst of chaos and destruction!

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