Last updated: 8 october, 2010 - 15:57 GMT
Reem Kelani: Palestinian singer on her roots and influences
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With the renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace process looking more fragile by the day, anxiety about the future is not restricted to people who live in the immediate region.
There is a huge Palestinian diaspora and the World Today's Fergus Nicoll has been talking to a singer, Reem Kelani, who cannot help but mix the business of politics with the pleasure of singing.
First broadcast 8 October 2010
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