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The Music of Kuwait

World music critic Milo Miles gives a brief primer on the music of the newly-liberated country.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, February 27, 1991: Interview with Muhammad Al-Rumayhi; Commentary on music from Kuwait; Interview with Yehuda Amichai; Review of Eric Hansen's book "Motoring with Mohammed…
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"The Voice of Kuwait" Editor Prepares to Go Home

From London, Dr. Muhammad Al-Rumayhi, editor of the "Voice of Kuwait," a paper of the resistance. Ten days after the Iraqis invaded Kuwait, they started publishing leaflets from London. Since then, the Voice of Kuwait has been distributed to Kuwaitis living in exile throughout the Middle East. Al-Rumayhi leaves today to return to his home country.

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Israeli Poet Yehuda Amichai

Amichai is one of his country's leading poets. Born in Europe, he fought in the Israeli army through many of the country's conflicts. He contemplates war in his new collection of poetry, "Even a Fist was Once an Open Palm with Fingers."

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The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait: A Year Later.

We look back on the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait one year later:
1) CNN producer Robert Wiener (wee-ner). Wiener was executive producer in Baghdad for 5 months leading up to and including the beginning of the war. His book, Live From Baghdad, tells how Wiener worked with Iraqi officials to cover the war from inside.
2) We speak with Aziz Abu Hamad, senior researcher on Kuwait for Middle East Watch about the current state of human rights in Kuwait..

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Post-War Violence in Kuwait

We examine the state of human rights in post-war Kuwait with Ken Roth, the deputy director of Human Rights Watch. He just returned from a nine day visit to Kuwait.

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