Memories Of Aleppo, Syria {Gadling}

Oct 26th 2012 12:51AM Another huge loss to Syria, and to the world, will be the loss of Aleppo's standing in the world of classical Arabic music. Most Westerners know nothing of the city's importance as a place where untold thousands of musicians lived, played and taught...and there is no way of knowing how many of these people have been forced into becoming refugees without their instruments, or have been killed in the fighting.