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The Al-Kuwaity brothers: a celebration Born in Kuwait to a family of Iraqi Jews, Saleh
and Daoud Al-Kuwaity were one of the most celebrated musical duos
of the Arab world in the 1920s and 30s. They founded the Iraqi
Radio Orchestra and performed alongside stars like Um-Kalthoum.
In 1950, however, they were forced to leave for Israel, along with
most of Iraq’s Jewish community. Their career took a nosedive;
Saddam later declared them non-persons. With his demise, the huge
contribution of the al-Kuwaity brothers to Arab popular music is
beginning to be recognised once again.To mark the centenary of
Saleh al-Kuwaity’s birth, we will be telling the remarkable
story of the al-Kuwaity brothers in pictures, words and music.
Wiith author Heskel Kojaman, Sarah Manasseh,
singer and expert on the music of the Babylonian Jews and Ehsan
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