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A Kurdish folk singer forced to flee his home as a teenager says he has found his “emotional family” 40 years later in a London choir featuring fellow refugees. The Citizens of the World Choir, based in Greenwich in the south-east of the capital, has 50 members from 30 different nationalities. Among them is performer Nawroz Oramari, who was forced to escape Iraqi Kurdistan in the late 1970s after being accused of performing songs that were critical of Saddam Hussein’s regime. Mr Oramari w...

Nawroz Oramari’s singing forced him into exile under Saddam Hussein’s regime, but he is now able to sing in his own language again.

Nawroz Oramari’s singing forced him into exile under Saddam Hussein’s regime, but he is now able to sing in his own language again.

A Kurdish folk singer forced to flee his home as a teenager says he has found his “emotional family” 40 years later in a London choir featuring fellow refugees. The Citizens of the World Choir, based in Greenwich in the south-east of the capital, has 50 members from 30 different nationalities. Among them is performer Nawroz Oramari, who was forced to escape Iraqi Kurdistan in the late 1970s after being accused of performing songs that were critical of Saddam Hussein’s regime. Mr Oramari w...

A Kurdish folk singer forced to flee his home as a teenager says he has found his “emotional family” 40 years later in a London choir featuring fellow refugees. The Citizens of the World Choir, based in Greenwich in the south-east of the capital, has 50 members from 30 different nationalities. Among them is performer Nawroz Oramari, who was forced to escape Iraqi Kurdistan in the late 1970s after being accused of performing songs that were critical of Saddam Hussein’s regime. Mr Oramari w...

Nawroz Oramari’s singing forced him into exile under Saddam Hussein’s regime, but he is now able to sing in his own language again.

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