Palestinian musician Huda Asfour recently appeared in a New York studio for a live performance and a conversation about her work, bringing renewed attention to her music and artistic background. The visit highlighted both her skill on the oud and the personal journey that has shaped her sound.
Asfour was born in Lebanon into a family of musicians and spent her early years in Tunis. At 14, she moved to Gaza, where she joined the National Conservatory of Music, beginning a more formal stage of her musical development.
She later lived in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where she continued her studies under musician Khaled Jubran. That path across several places in the region forms an important part of her story and helps explain the depth of experience behind her performances.
Her New York appearance centered on both performance and reflection, presenting her as an artist whose work is closely tied to movement, identity and musical tradition. The studio session offered audiences a closer look at a Palestinian oud player whose career has been shaped by a rich and complex cultural journey.
