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Ahmed: Art and War

Monday, August 25 2008

Ahmed: Art and War

"Grieving Woman" statue and photo by Ahmed Fadaam

Ahmed recently visited the military base at Ft. Bragg, NC. He talks to Dick Gordon about the profound ambivalence he felt about meeting troops there: how it was both difficult on one level and yet humanizing on another. He also talks about returning to the art studio, after 5 years of not creating any sculpture. Despite wanting to escape the war through art, he finds that the war still haunts his imagination.

• See more of Ahmed's statue
  
• Hear Ahmed's diaries
• Check out Ahmed's blog

For Julia

Matt Arbogast

Matt Arbogast is a young musician in Chicago who performs under the name The Gunshy. Last year, he talked with Dick about the album he made based on love letters his grandfather wrote to his grandmother during World War Two. Matt recently wrote to let us know his grandmother, Julia, passed peacefully in June. Matt's album had a profound impact on her and the entire family. Matt has written a new song for her called "For Julia."

• Hear the song
• Learn more about Matt's music
  

Listener Follow-Up: Classified Ad Dad

Chris Allison

Chris Allison heard Dick's conversation with Alison Keenan about how she met her future husband, and adoptive father of her two boys, through the classifieds.

Chris tells Dick a story about his own adoptive father, and the startling discovery of why his biological father left the family.