Palestinian boy’s gift for music

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Nine-year-old Mahmoud Kohail lives in Gaza City. Like many children who lived through the conflict with Israel, he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder � but not when he plays his instrument. In the Global Hit Mahmoud guides The World’s Matthew Bell through his music school in Gaza.

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