All in all, it's a fantastic article, but I have a couple of comments.
-- "meeting he is serious, but he soon reveals himself to be someone who likes to laugh.
“He is quiet, and he doesn't make a problem, and when you ask him to do something he does it. And he’s smart,” said his sister, Abeer Haj Ahmmed, who immigrated to the U.S. seven years ago and also lives in Clifton.
None of these qualities seem surprising in someone who taught himself to play the oud while growing" --
This would be a good transition EXCEPT the quote is attributed to his sister. I would trust a statement like this from his boss or coworker.
-- "Eventually, Zaher joined a traditional Arabic music ensemble in Gaza called “Orient Strings,” composed of about 15 musicians playing Middle Eastern instruments like the oud, qanun (zither), ney (flute), and darbuka (drum), as well as violins and a cello. The group performed classical Arabic music — some of it as old as the muwashahat, a body of songs that originated during the period of Muslim rule in Spain — as well as more contemporary music by Arab divas like Umm Kulthum and Fairuz." -- This would be a great place for hyperlinks.
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Date: 2006-07-06 01:41 am (UTC)All in all, it's a fantastic article, but I have a couple of comments.
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"meeting he is serious, but he soon reveals himself to be someone who likes to laugh.
“He is quiet, and he doesn't make a problem, and when you ask him to do something he does it. And he’s smart,” said his sister, Abeer Haj Ahmmed, who immigrated to the U.S. seven years ago and also lives in Clifton.
None of these qualities seem surprising in someone who taught himself to play the oud while growing"
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This would be a good transition EXCEPT the quote is attributed to his sister. I would trust a statement like this from his boss or coworker.
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"Eventually, Zaher joined a traditional Arabic music ensemble in Gaza called “Orient Strings,” composed of about 15 musicians playing Middle Eastern instruments like the oud, qanun (zither), ney (flute), and darbuka (drum), as well as violins and a cello. The group performed classical Arabic music — some of it as old as the muwashahat, a body of songs that originated during the period of Muslim rule in Spain — as well as more contemporary music by Arab divas like Umm Kulthum and Fairuz."
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This would be a great place for hyperlinks.