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Members of Afghanistan's first all-female orchestra Zohra get ready for their performance in downtown of Bratislava, Slovakia on July 16, 2019. - The members of the ensemble are one of the first women in their families and throughout the country to study music in the past 30 years and they often have to deal with various threats. (Photo by VLADIMIR SIMICEK / AFP) (Photo credit should read VLADIMIR SIMICEK/AFP/Getty Images)

Members of Afghanistan's first all-female orchestra Zohra get ready for their performance in downtown of Bratislava, Slovakia on July 16, 2019. - The members of the ensemble are one of the first women in their families and throughout the country to study music in the past 30 years and they often have to deal with various threats. (Photo by VLADIMIR SIMICEK / AFP)        (Photo credit should read VLADIMIR SIMICEK/AFP/Getty Images)