How I sang for my freedom - a podcast by BBC World Service

When Kurdish folk singer Nawroz Oramari was a teenager growing up in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, he was told he'd be executed if he was caught singing - he and his father even had to sign a pledge saying that they accepted the death penalty if they did so. Nawroz tells Anu Anand about his remarkable life - joining the Kurdish resistance, ending up in prison and even taking on multiple identities - including that of an Emirati Oil Tycoon - in his quest to be able to sing freely in his native language.

Get in touch: outlook@bbc.comPresenter: Anu Anand
Producer: Mariana Des ForgesPicture: Nawroz Oramari in London
Credit: Courtesy of Nawroz Oramari

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