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Somali National Theatre Reopens After 20 Years

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Hundreds of people gathered at the Somali National Theatre for the first concert since it was shut down 20 years ago. (Photo courtesy Somali Government)

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The theatre still has no roofl it was destroyed during years of civil war in Somalia. (Photo courtesy Somali Government)

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Somali children sit in front the war-devastated national theatre of Somalia in the capital Mogadishu. August 8, 2006. (Reuters)

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Many of Somalia's young people have never heard a concert or had access to a functioning theatre. (Photo courtesy Somali Government)