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INTERVIEW
30 October 2006

Mark LeVine (USA):
Globalisation and music censorship in the Middle East

In this video interview, recorded at a conference on freedom of speech in the Middle East, organised by Pen on 8 September 2006 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the American author and historian Mark LeVine explains about the effects of globalisation in relation to restrictions on music in countries of the Middle East.

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Mark LeVine on Al Jazeera

'Rocking the system'

In a series of programmes, Al Jazeera's Playlist meets some of the bands that are ensuring that heavy metal is acquiring a growing fan base in the Middle East.


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