'It feels like it's the end of the world to me,' says musician Dua Saleh

NPR | By Kathryn Fink,

Ailsa Chang, Christopher Intagliata

Published May 15, 2026 at 5:03 PM EDT

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the musician Dua Saleh about how they channeled the trauma and grief of their childhood in East Africa into music, for their new album Of Earth & Wires.

Kathryn Fink

Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist who hosts All Things Considered along with Ari Shapiro, Audie Cornish, and Mary Louise Kelly. She landed in public radio after practicing law for a few years.

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Christopher Intagliata

Christopher Intagliata is an editor at All Things Considered, where he writes news and edits interviews with politicians, musicians, restaurant owners, scientists and many of the other voices heard on the air.

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