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HARDtalk: Shurooq Amin - Artist and Poet

Kuwaiti painter and poet Shurooq Amin

17/11/2014

Shurooq Amin - Artist and Poet

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

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?

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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