00:01:10 - His childhood in Sharq and Al-Murqab
00:13:54 - Moving to Jibla
00:19:00 - Moving to Shamiya
00:22:12 - Childhood activities and games
00:39:30 - Beginnings of his interest in songs
00:56:50 - His family, brothers and sisters
01:03:17 - School and education
01:27:49 - High school education at the Industrial College
01:41:05 - Their home in Shamiya
01:58:30 - Writing his first song
02:03:20 - Studying in the United States and his beginnings in songwriting
03:09:40 - Working at the Ministry of Information as director and TV host in the late sixties
03:45:43 - His personal life, marriage and family
03:51:19 - The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
04:00:46 - The liberation of Kuwait
04:05:45 - Working with Orbit after the liberation of Kuwait and on TV programs
04:22:30 - he Coronavirus pandemic
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