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Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story

January14, 2006 Saturday 2PM CT ( listen)
In May 2002, seventeen year old Said Hyder Akbar traveled to Afghanistan for the summer. He traveled to join his father who was working as President Hamid Karzai's chief spokesman. This hour, on Here On Earth, Jean Feraca's guest, born in Afghanistan, but raised in California, talks about his experiences during three visits to his native country.

Guest

  • Hyder Akbar, co-author, "Going Back to Afghanistan"

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Soundbites and Music Used in the Program

  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn and Michael Brook - "Intoxicated" - From the album Night Song - Real World Records
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn and Michael Brook - "My Heart, My Life" - From the album Night Song - Real World Records
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn and Michael Brook - "Sweet Pain" - From the album Night Song - Real World Records


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