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Waad Al-Kateab
Edward Watts
FILMED AND PRODUCED BY
Waad Al-Kateab
EDITORS
Chloe Lambourne
Simon McMahon
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Dan Edge
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Mowaffaq Safadi
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Nainita Desai
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Josh O’Brien
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HEAD TRANSLATOR
Mowaffaq Safadi
TRANSLATORS
Wafa S. T.
Najat Abdul-Hamid
Hussein Maamo
Mona Hamad
Houda Fansa
Shady Asaad
CONSULTANT
Dr. Zahed Katurji (Hamza Al-Kateab)
VIOLINIST
Alaa Arshaad
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Malcolm Laws
Hugo Fuguet
OUDIST
Mehmet Polat
MUSIC
“Crazy”
Performed by Julio Iglesias (saxophone by Dave Koz)
Words and music by Willie Nelson
Courtesy of Columbia Records
by arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Licensed by Sony Music UK Ltd.
Published by Sony Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Dave Koz appears courtesy of Capitol Records LLC.
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