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Iraq's oil minister Hussain Al-Shahristani spoke to The Interview about how he spent ten years in solitary confinement under Saddam Hussein. His story inspired the work of Swiss filmmaker Mato Atom who created a new World Service TV campaign.

It is as if when you are listening to World Service you open the windows of your mind and let in voices and ideas that you couldn’t find anywhere else.

Matthew Bannister – Presenter, Outlook

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