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orchestra played in damascus, performing arabic music at the highest level. but when war broke out in 2011, some of the musicians were forced to flee syria. this is the story of an attempt to bring the orchestra back together for a once in a lifetime tour, in the hope of changing the world s perspective of this nation. since the beginning of the war in syria, an estimated 9 million people have fled their homes in search of a new life. one of them is issam. he claimed asylum in america in 2013 after being invited to teach music in a university here. i watch bombs, i watch all kind of military issues, and nobody knows when the bomb will come. did you know people have been killed 7 a lot, you know, a lot of my friends, a lot of relatives as well. his father and sisters are still living in damascus. he hasn t seen them since he left. syria, what does syria mean for me, actually, family, you know? hopefully this will be, like, a bad dream, maybe, and to have a better life, s ....
over ten years ago, a remarkable orchestra played in damascus, performing arabic music at the highest level. but when war broke out in 2011, some of the musicians were forced to flee syria. this is the story of an attempt to bring the orchestra back together for a once in a lifetime tour, in the hope of changing the world s perspective of this nation. since the beginning of the war in syria, an estimated 9 million people have fled their homes in search of a new life. one of them is issam. he claimed asylum in america in 2013 after being invited to teach music in a university here. i watch bombs, i watch all kind of military issues, and nobody knows when the bomb will come. did you know people that have been killed? a lot, you know, a lot of my friends, a lot of relatives as well. his father and sisters are still living in damascus. he hasn t seen them since he left. syria, what does syria mean for me, actually, family, you know? hopefully this will be, like, a bad dream ....
light devices responsible for destroying your child s sleep? we ll hear how hospital attendances in england for children under 1a with sleep disorders have tripled in ten years. i end iend up i end up asking her if she wants it because then i can get stuff done. hello. welcome to the programme. we re live until 11. ina in a second we will bring you more on the deal about selling temper macro to the french. and we ll discuss how police in durham are planning to give free heroin to addicts in a bid to cut drug related crime. will it work? do get in touch. there are fears for thousands ofjobs at vauxhall plants in the uk this morning. it s after the french company that owns peugeot and citroen struck a £1.9 billion deal to buy general motors european unit, which includes vauxhall. 11,500 workers are employed by the company in luton and ellesmere port. the unite union says its priority is to safeguard theirjobs. our business correspondent joe lynam is here. what other wor ....