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Bashar Shammout (Palestine/Germany): Freemuse and the Middle East |
In this three minutes video interview, Bashar Shammout – who is a member of Freemuse's executive committee – speaks about three important issues concerning music censorship in the Middle East: religion, politics, and the Israeli-Palestinean conflict. He also touches on how Freemuse works in the region. |
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