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World Service,16 May 2015,26 mins

An Artist’s Touch

Boston Calling

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We hear from David Guttenfelder, an American war photographer raising awareness about the alarming suicide rate among former US soldiers. Plus, we look at the Vietnam War’s aftermath through the eyes of a communist spy. And we meet Sonita Alizadeh, a young Afghan rapper who escaped teen marriage by singing about it. Also, independent perfumers make a big splash in the fragrance world. Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads exhibition comes to Wyoming. And an Iranian-American musician pays tribute to Rabia Basri, the first female Sufi mystic. (Photo: Marine Corps boots sit on a small shelf in Brandon Ladner’s old bedroom. Ladner was a US Marine who shot and killed himself last year. Credit: David Guttenfelder)

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