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As Aleppo Crumbles, Local Professor Mohamed Alsiadi Preserves Its Music
Mohamed Alsiadi describes the Aleppo of his youth as a vibrant city bursting with diversity, where the arts could flourish and he was able to study music, his life's passion. "I was lucky to grow up with that culture," said the Fordham and Rutgers University professor who has lived in the U.S. for about 20 years.