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Shurooq Amin

HARDtalk: Shurooq Amin

Kuwaiti painter and poet Shurooq Amin

17/11/2014 GMT

BBC News - HARDtalk, Shurooq Amin

Stephen Sackur speaks to the Kuwaiti painter and poet Shurooq Amin.

Authoritarianism and conservatism have made female artists tread a delicate path in the Arab world. Has there been a cultural awakening since the tumult of the Arab uprisings?

Authoritarianism and conservatism have long been dominant forces in the Arab world - leaving artists to tread a delicate path - female artists especially so. Has that changed as a result of the tumult and chaos caused by the Arab uprisings? Stephen Sackur speaks to the Kuwaiti painter and poet Shurooq Amin. Has there been a cultural as well as political awakening in the Arab world?

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