Rhodessa Jones

Using playwriting, acting, and directing, she has created her own brand of social work designed to empower incarcerated women and women with HIV.

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Carla Bley

One of the premier composers of the last 50+ years, Carla Bley wrote music for big bands, choirs, chamber orchestras, and small combos.

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Magira Samsutdinova

Magira Samsutdinova was a Soviet singer and composer who broke away from tradition by performing Kazakh songs with a domra, and Russian and Tartar songs set to accordion at bazaars.

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Sallama al-Zarqa

Sallama al-Zarqa was one of the four most famous songstresses of the Umayyad era, alongside Jamila (her teacher), Sallama al-Qass and Habbaba.

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Sallama Al-Qass

Sallama Al-Qass was one of the four most famous songstresses of the Umayyad era, alongside Jamila (her teacher), Habbaba and Sallama al-Zarqa.

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