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Radio 3,60 mins

SeriesAndy Kershaw in Iraq

Iraq's classical and gypsy music traditions

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Andy's Sony Award-winning two-part documentary on music in Iraq. He meets Qassim al-Sultan, one of Iraq's leading pop stars whose songs praise Saddam as a national hero. He also explores the wilder sounds of Iraq's little-known gypsy community, and searches the pirate record shops for CDs by Kenny Rogers.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Deleted Record
    Deleted Record
    None
  3. 2.
    Khuttar
    Khuttar
    Ilham al-Madfai
  4. 3.
    Unknown
    Unknown
    Qassim Al Sultan