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Playing Music in the Ruins: Iranian Musician’s Defiant Act of Hope

2026-04-09 11 Dailymotion

In the rubble of his own music school in Tehran, Iranian musician Hamidreza Afrideh picks up his instrument and plays. Not for applause, but for memories, resilience, and hope. After his beloved Honiak Music Academy,  built with years of love for 250 students was destroyed in an airstrike, he chose to let the final sound be music, not bombs.
A heartbreaking yet beautiful reminder that art and the human spirit refuse to be silenced by war.