NPR's Emily Feng talks with the German-Syrian duo Shkoon, who are returning to their roots with the release of their new album FIRAQ. Shkoon's album 'FIRAQ' gets to their roots, fusing Arabic folklore ...

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THORBEN DIEKMANN: Shkoon is basically the first Arabic word that I learned from Ameen back in 2015, and it means what. DIEKMANN: It's kind of like the first impression that we get when people hear our ...