The Ashti Peace Choir, at the Yazidi refugee camp in northern Iraq, is trying to keep music alive despite the desperate history and circumstances of the women in the choir. The group, founded by a 22-year-old who has lived in the refugee camp since 2014, “has become part of an effort to preserve a vital part of Yazidi culture, in which little is written down, and history and religion are contained within songs.” – NPR
