Gaza City is mourning the loss of a young violin virtuoso, Lubna Alyaan, whose promising life was brutally cut short in an Israeli attack. Lubna, a talented 14-year-old student, was killed along with her family in a tragedy that shook Gaza's music and arts community.

Lubna was a passionate musician who dreamed of becoming the best violinist in the world. She perfected her art at the Edward Said Conservatory in Gaza, where her exceptional playing left an indelible mark. Sadly, her musical potential was cruelly extinguished on November 21, 2023, when she lost her life following Israeli bombing. But the horror did not stop there, because his sisters and brothers: Zain (16 years old), Kenan (10 years old), Sari (4 months), his parents: Mahmoud Alian and his wife Sally Shaheen, as well as his grandparents Zainab Mahmoud Al Ghoul and Abdul Aziz Alian, and 50 other members of his family, aunts, uncles, cousins... all lost their lives in Nuseirat, in the center of the Gaza Strip. His entire family was wiped out, erased from the civil register.

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