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30 Minutes- Alexandra Avakian- Windows of the Soul 30 Minutes features a conversation with National Geographic photographer Alexandra Avakian. by Amanda Shauger National Geographic Alexandra Avakian dropped by the KXCI studios to talk about her new book "Windows of the Soul" while she was in Tucson for the Festival of Books. This is the full length version of our conversation.

The book encapsulates 20 years of photographs from Avakian's journeys in the Muslim world- from Palestine to Somalia to Dearborn Michigan. In our recent conversation she spoke about her own family roots, her unique access to Yasser Arafat, famine in Somalia, the roles of women in the Muslim world, and her work in a post 9/11 world.