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Leezan Salam from Iraq is a student turned teacher at the Baghdad School of Music and Ballet. The school was set up in the late 1960s to give students both an artistic and a full academic education.  But in recent times its dancers have become targets for extremists who think ballet is un-Islamic.  Leezan has risked her life to keep dancing.

Image: girl taking part in a ballet lesson
Credit: SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images

Published on Friday, 10th August 2018.

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