{"id":5419,"date":"2019-11-22T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salonsyria.com\/?p=5419"},"modified":"2019-11-20T23:18:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T04:18:17","slug":"lubana-quntar-the-story-of-a-syrian-opera-singer-in-exile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/en\/lubana-quntar-the-story-of-a-syrian-opera-singer-in-exile\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubana Quntar: The Story of a Syrian Opera Singer in Exile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/472091592&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Status host\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.statushour.com\/en\/Hosts\/Profile\/1046\">Raghad Al Makhlouf<\/a>\u00a0speaks with Lubana Al Quntar, a Syrian opera singer from Suwayda (a Druze stronghold south of Damascus), who had to flee the country because of her political opinions. 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