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Last Word: Betty Williams, Dr Fuad Nahdi, Sol Kerzner,  Kenny Rogers

27/03/2020

Betty Williams, Dr Fuad Nahdi, Sol Kerzner,  Kenny Rogers

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Betty Williams, Dr Fuad Nahdi, Sol Kerzner,  Kenny Rogers

Matthew Bannister on a journalist and commentator, a businessman, a  campaigner, a singer

Matthew Bannister on journalist and commentator Fuad Nahdi, businessman Sol Kerzner, peace campaigner Betty Williams, singer Kenny Rogers.

Picture Betty Williams

Matthew Bannister on: 
Fuad Nahdi, the journalist, commentator and campaigner named as one of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims. 
Sol Kerzner, the South African businessman who made a fortune from hotels and casinos and built the controversial Sun City resort under apartheid.
Betty Williams, the office receptionist from Belfast who teamed up with Mairead Corrigan to campaign for peace and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Kenny Rogers, one of America’s greatest country singers known for hits like “Lucille” and “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town.”

Interviewed guest: Abdul-Rehman Malik
Interviewed guest: Bishop Toby Howarth
Interviewed guest: Paul Martin
Interviewed guest: Chris Ryder
Interviewed guest: Garth Cartwright
Interviewed guest: Bob Harris
 
Producer: Neil George

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