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The award winning Syrian composer and pianist, Malek Jandali, has been a vocal opponent of President Assad and a champion of human rights in his home country. He has recorded a new album to raise money for Syrian children and in doing so has become the first Arab composer to record with London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Leana Hosea went to meet him.

(Photo: Malek Jandali pictured behind a piano in Damascus. Credit: AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA)