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Student of civil wars and contentious politics, particularly in the Horn of Africa
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Jason Mosley
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The âWolqayt questionâ from c. 2015 to the Tigray war: agrarian claims in Amhara nationalism Latest articles in JEAS:
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The âWolqayt questionâ from c. 2015 to the Tigray war: agrarian claims in Amhara nationalism
The emergence of Amhara nationalism as a central political trend in Ethiopia can be dated to 2016. It soon gained considerable audience within the Amhara region and beyond. This article analyses a ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17531055.2025.2581939
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Johanna Söderström
15 days ago
Great to see this roundtable and reviews out! Looking forward to more continued conversations around peace researchâs way forward! With M Ă kebo and A Jarstad Thanks to
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The Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-11 on Jarstad, et al, eds., Relational Peace Practices
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-11 Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström, and Malin Ă kebo, eds., Relational Peace Practices. Manchester University PressâŠ
https://issforum.org/roundtables/the-jervis-forum-roundtable-17-11-on-jarstad-et-al-eds-relational-peace-practices
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M.Woldemariam
17 days ago
New essay in Foreign Policy with Abel Abate D. on Eritrea-Ethiopia tensions. It covers the sources of mutual restraint thus far; some of the factors that are eroding this delicate balance; and what can be done to avert another war the Horn of Africa cannot afford.
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The Risk of a New Ethiopian-Eritrean War Is Growing
Changing dynamics in Tigray could erode the current balance of uncertainty.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/21/ethiopia-eritrea-tigray-horn-east-africa/
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Karen Tumulty
about 2 months ago
WaPo exclusive: The National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trumpâs federal takeover of Washington, D.C., has internally assessed that its mission is perceived as âleveraging fear,â driving a âwedge between citizens and the military.â
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National Guard collects unfavorable public input on D.C. deployment
Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americansâ trust in the military.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/10/national-guard-trump-dc/
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AAUP
2 months ago
The Resistance Is Inevitable. Weâre sick & tired of ICE & FBI agents profiling, harassing, & violently arresting our neighbors.
#wearealldc
Incredible turnout in DC yesterday, including a strong AAUP contingent.
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Free DC
2 months ago
Thousands march to the White House united in our demand. We want federal forces out of DC Now!! Free DC! Free DC!
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Devex Newswire: Is the global aid decline a blip or a deeper transformation?
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Devex Newswire: Is the global aid decline a blip or a deeper transformation?
Is aid at a turning point? Plus, the next phase of Brazilâs plan to finance forest preservation.
https://www.devex.com/news/devex-newswire-is-the-global-aid-decline-a-blip-or-a-deeper-transformation-110725?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=devex_social_icons
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Corey Frayer
2 months ago
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
2 months ago
Gregory Washington made faculty diversity a hallmark of his presidency at George Mason. Now, federal findings against the university spotlight a national dilemma: When is diversity hiring illegal?
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Did George Masonâs President Break the Law?
Gregory Washington and his university sit at the center of a national debate on diversity and hiring.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/did-gregory-washington-break-the-law?utm_campaign=che-social&utm_content=20250827&utm_medium=o-soc&utm_source=bs
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George Mason Must Not Comply With the Governmentâs Demands (opinion)
If the institution accepts the Office for Civil Rightsâ findings, it will not just damage the collegeâs reputation, it will make all of higher education more vulnerable, says James Finkelstein.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/08/25/george-mason-must-not-comply-governments-demands-opinion
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African Politics Conference Group
3 months ago
Our member Josef Woldense is leading a two-day virtual workshop on August 26 and 27: The Research Presentation as Storytelling. Learn how to present your work through a compelling narrative. More details available on our website:
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The Research Presentation as Storytelling: A Two-Day Virtual Workshop with Josef Woldense
The goal is to help participants see research presentations not as a monologue of facts but as a compelling narrative. The exploration begins with the fundamentals: What is storytelling? What makes st...
https://www.afpol.org/blog/the-research-presentation-as-storytelling-a-two-day-virtual-workshop-with-josef-woldense
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Jennifer N. Victor
3 months ago
I made an event timeline to try to make sense of all the federal overreach at
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and whoo boy. When you lay it out like this, the executive over reach comes into focus.
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Authoritarians are attacking universities. Here's how it's going at one public school.
I'm publicly documenting an event timeline to help bring order to the chaotic nature of events and help other schools plan the responses they are likely going to need.
https://open.substack.com/pub/misofact/p/authoritarians-are-attacking-universities?r=5itkuu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Virginia Heffernan
3 months ago
I wrote about the Big Tenâs superb power plays. The Big Ten Rises UpAgainst Trump
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The Big Ten Rises Up Against Trump
The press acts as if âhigher educationâ = Harvard. But a more interesting and gutsier stand is being taken in the heartland by schools that have a lot more going for them than football.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198355/big-ten-conference-colleges-trump-fight
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Faculty Support of George Masonâs President Draws Federal Investigation
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Faculty Support of George Masonâs President Draws Federal Investigation
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Bethany Letiecq
4 months ago
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Opinion | The Plot to Oust the President of George Mason University
This campaign is not about policy. Itâs about power.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-plot-to-oust-the-president-of-george-mason-university?sra=true
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Bethany Letiecq
4 months ago
DOJ opens 3rd probe of GMU in 3 weeks - VA Business
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This is ideological lawfare. âEric SellâŠwho joined the DOJ as counsel in AprilâŠpreviously was associate litigation counsel for the Center for American Liberty, a conservative nonprofit Dhillon helped found.â
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DOJ opens 3rd probe of GMU in 3 weeks - Virginia Business
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a new investigation of George Mason University, the third federal probe of the Fairfax County university opened in July.
https://virginiabusiness.com/doj-gmu-investigation-discrimination/
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GMU-AAUP
4 months ago
We stand united against these attacks on our university. We will fight for the independence of George Mason University and every other public college and university in the Commonwealth.
#DefendHigherEd
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Students, faculty, and lawmakers rally behind GMU amid Trump administration civil rights probe
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Students, faculty, and lawmakers rally behind GMU amid Trump administration civil rights probe âą Virginia Mercury
When student Hanaan Kazia first heard about the federal civil rights probe into George Mason University, she wasnât surprised. But the junior political science major and member of the schoolâs Politic...
https://virginiamercury.com/2025/07/16/students-faculty-and-lawmakers-rally-behind-gmu-as-trump-administration-launches-civil-rights-probe/
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ProPublica
4 months ago
NEW: When university president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was âperplexed.â But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him.
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George Mason Is the Latest University Under Fire From Trump. Its President Fears an âOrchestratedâ Campaign.
When university president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was âperplexed.â But there are signs it mayâŠ
https://www.propublica.org/article/george-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-trump?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=7-10
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Jana Krause
4 months ago
đą Call for Papers WORKSHOP: Gender, Peace, and Security: Resistance and Resilience Nairobi, 1-3 December, hosted by British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) with
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âĄïž Application deadline 13 August!
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Abigail Spanberger
4 months ago
Letâs call it what it is â UVA President Jim Ryanâs forced resignation is an attack on all of our public higher education institutions.
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Philip Bump
5 months ago
I asked ICE where the â413% increase in assaultsâ justification for its officers using masks came from. They didnât answer. So I dug into it, and what I found ⊠did not boost their argument. Gift link:
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Opinion | Parsing ICEâs mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims
ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.
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Silvia Danielak
5 months ago
Thrilled (and slightly terrified) that the page proofs are here. My book is coming out next year
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#PeaceInfrastructuresBook
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U.S. Institute of Peace
5 months ago
đ Hello, we're the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)! We are very happy to join
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www.usip.org
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Edward Wong
5 months ago
NEW: The board of the Fulbright Program has just resigned after accusing Trump aides of political interference. They say a State Dept. office under Rubio and Darren Beattie has cancelled scholarships to nearly 200 US professors and researchers. Story:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
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The Continent
6 months ago
We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Addis Ababa with Amanuel Sileshi.
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Addis, alive and unrelenting
We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Addis Ababa with Amanuel Sileshi.
https://continent.substack.com/p/addis-alive-and-unrelenting
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M.Woldemariam
6 months ago
My new essay in Current History reflects on transitional crises in Ethiopia and Sudan. It treats these cases as part of the same story- not just because their transitions played out at roughly same time, but because they were burdened by similar problems and proved to be interdependent in key ways.
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The Tragedy of Transition in Ethiopia and Sudan
The collapse of the 2018â19 political transitions in Ethiopia and Sudan was one of the great African tragedies of the past decade. Three main factors caused these promising democratic openings to devo...
https://online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory/article/124/862/163/209756/The-Tragedy-of-Transition-in-Ethiopia-and-Sudan
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Marisa Kabas
7 months ago
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Reuters
7 months ago
Malnutrition treatments halted in Ethiopia due to underfunding, WFP says
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Vera Institute of Justice
7 months ago
DOGE staff recently attempted to assign a team to Vera, just one week after the DOJ terminated all federal funding for our essential public safety programs. This is just the latest intimidation tactic by the administration to undermine civil society. But weâre not going anywhere.
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DOGE attempted to assign team to US nonprofit group Vera Institute of Justice
Billionaire Elon Musk's U.S. Department of Government Efficiency attempted to place a team with independent nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice, the nonprofit said, marking a further expansion of the cost-cutting agency's move to exercise control over non-governmental groups.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-attempted-assign-team-us-nonprofit-group-vera-institute-justice-2025-04-16/
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Jennifer N. Victor
7 months ago
A few weeks ago I hosted a
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URGENT panel on the topic of executive power and the international order with my colleagues Dr. Peter Mandaville, Ellen Laipson, Dr. Phil Martin, and Dr. Colin Dueck. The recording of the session is now available:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kxR...
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Schar School Faculty Panel: U.S. Executive Power and the International Order
YouTube video by Schar School of Policy and Government
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kxRXxQz9UY
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Some foreign students fear speaking out as visa cancellations rise
International students say they are deleting social media, keeping their views to themselves and staying on campus to avoid being deported.
https://wapo.st/4cuo33P
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Mark J. Rozell
7 months ago
Obama calls on citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Trump agenda
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Rift Valley Institute
8 months ago
NEW BRIEFING | MAKING SENSE OF BORDERLANDS Tobias Hagmann explores conflict dynamics in borderlands, challenging assumptions and highlighting global connections. Understanding these regions requires looking beyond local contexts. Read more:
bit.ly/4j8oxiu
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Matt Novak
8 months ago
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB:
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Congressman Don Beyer
8 months ago
Earlier this week my constituent, Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown postdoctoral fellow, was detained outside his Rosslyn home. He remains in detention despite not being accused of a crime, a clear violation of his constitutional rights. He must be released.
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Erica Chenoweth
8 months ago
Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
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Agnieszka Paczynska
8 months ago
apnews.com/article/doge...
administration guts board of US Institute of Peace. Group says DOGE arrives Unbelievable. The destruction is expanding in every direction.
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Trump administration guts board of US Institute of Peace. Group says DOGE arrives
The Trump administration has fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent its new leader into the Washington headquarters of the independent organization.
https://apnews.com/article/doge-trump-us-institute-of-peace-03362c3440884c6b29e28ad0d88f5014?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Trump
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Devex
8 months ago
On Jan. 24, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued an exemption to the foreign aid freeze: a waiver for lifesaving humanitarian programs. But over the last three weeks, nothing about the waivers has gone according to plan.
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The mess inside Rubio's 'lifesaving' waivers
The mess inside Rubio's 'lifesaving' waivers
https://www.devex.com/news/the-mess-inside-rubio-s-lifesaving-waivers-109398?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1742253572
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M.Woldemariam
8 months ago
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Ethiopia and Eritrea, On a Collision Course | Crisis Group
This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Michael Woldemariam, associate professor at the University of Maryland, about the escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the political crisis in Tigr...
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-africa/ethiopiaeritrea-eritrea-ethiopia/ethiopia-and-eritrea-collision-course
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Martin Austermuhle
8 months ago
NEW in
@51st.news
: House Republicans just voted to defund D.C. police and schools. As part of a spending bill to avert a federal government shutdown, they could force D.C. to slash $1.1 billion out of its budget, and no one understands really why.
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Dollars and nonsense: House Republicans vote to defund D.C. police and schools
Congress could force D.C. to cut $1.1 billion out of its local budget, but no one really understands why.
https://51st.news/house-republicans-vote-to-defund-d-c-police-and-schools/
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Devex
8 months ago
đ„SCOOPđ„Remaining USAID staff members were instructed to help shred and destroy the agencyâs classified and personnel documents at headquarters in Washington, D.C. However, there are concerns that this doesnât follow protocol for disposal of sensitive documents.
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Scoop: USAID staff instructed to shred and burn classified documents
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Martin Austermuhle
8 months ago
OK, I'm starting to get details on what it would mean for D.C. to revert to FY24 spending levels now that we are halfway through FY25. D.C. charter schools would have to cut $165 million. DCPS, $183 million. D.C. Fire, $42 million. MPD, $67 million.
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USAID Funding Freeze Leave Over 85pct Of Ethiopian Nonprofits Crippled
Govât suspends work permits for foreign NGO staff
https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/44011/
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The Guardian
9 months ago
Trump administration eliminating 2,000 USAid positions in US, notice says
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Trump administration eliminating 2,000 USAid positions in US, notice says
All but handful of agencyâs personnel around world to be placed on paid leave, according to notice sent to workers The Trump administration on Sunday said it was placing all but a handful of USAid personnel around the world on paid administrative leaveâŠ
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/23/trump-usaid-positions-eliminations?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Ken Opalo
9 months ago
What will become of international development after the end of the aid paradigm?
www.africanistperspective.com/p/what-will-...
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What will become of international development after the end of the aid paradigm?
Some thoughts in response to questions I get from students and young professionals
https://www.africanistperspective.com/p/what-will-become-of-international?r=1xc3o9
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Prof. Carl LeVan
9 months ago
Thrilled to see the OPEN ACCESS special issue of Frontiers in Political Science on "Trust, participation and pandemic politics in Africa" Thanks
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Frontiers | Editorial: Trust, participation and pandemic politics in Africa
aligned with a shift among international financial institutions such as the World Bank, who in a new embrace of "good governance" saw non-state pow...
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/political-science/articles/10.3389/fpos.2025.1560592/full
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The Guardian
9 months ago
âI never let a man carry my double bassâ: Oscar-hopeful Orin OâBrien on making music â and history
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âI never let a man carry my double bassâ: Oscar-hopeful Orin OâBrien on making music â and history
She caused a sensation in 1966 when she joined the New York Phil and its 103 male musicians. Now the double bassist is the star of The Only Girl in the Orchestra, a documentary nominated for an Academy Award
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/17/double-bass-oscar-orin-obrien-only-girl-in-the-orchestra-oscar?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1739801641
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