Salwa Amin

The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music (Arabic: معهد ادورد سعيد الوطني للموسيقى‎ Ma`had Edward Sa`īd al-Waṭaniy lil-Musīqā)is a Palestinian music conservatory with branches in Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nablus and Gaza City. In total, there are more than 1000 students. It was established in 1993 as The National Conservatory of Music, with its first branch in Ramallah, opening in October of that year. In September 2004, as a tribute to the Palestinian scholar and musician Edward Said, an accomplished classical pianist, the name of the conservatory was officially changed to The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music.