Marianne lives with her family in the Christian quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. As a Palestinian girl, she went to the German Schmidt School in front of the Damascus Gate in the Old City and graduated from there in 2023 with good grades. She has been making music since the age of 7 and plays the bassoon with enthusiasm (even though she is shown in the photo with an oboe). At the age of 13, she took part in the German “Jugend musiziert” competition and made it to the final round. She received her basic musical training at the Magnificat Institute, where she took her bachelor's degree in bassoon in Viacenza/Italy this year. She now has a place at the University of Music in Freiburg im Breisgau to study to become a grammar school teacher. Her first semester there starts at the beginning of October. We are delighted to be able to support her with a scholarship.