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'It feels like it's the end of the world to me,' says musician Dua Saleh

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the musician Dua Saleh about how they channeled the trauma and grief of their childhood in East Africa into music, for their new album Of Earth & Wires.

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Kathryn Fink
Ailsa Chang
Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist who hosts All Things Considered along with Ari Shapiro, Mary Louise Kelly and Juana Summers. She landed in public radio after practicing law for a few years.
Christopher Intagliata
Christopher Intagliata is a senior editor at All Things Considered, where he writes news and edits interviews with politicians, musicians, restaurant owners, scientists and many of the other voices heard on the air. During the pandemic, he helped lead the show's coverage of daily updates from the White House, and he was part of the breaking news team as the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol unfolded.

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