Fairuz — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Fairuz — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Fairuz

7 episodes

Chosen over the decades

7

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Ahdaf Soueif
Brian Eno
Frank Gardner
John Eliot Gardiner
Raja Shehadeh
Robert Fisk
Roula Khalaf

Roula Khalaf
Roula Khalaf on sleeping on the side of the bed closest to the door
Castaway · 22 February 2026Lauren Laverne
Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh on the military governor calling his father to warn him about his activism
Castaway · 15 June 2014Kirsty Young

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Ahdaf Soueif on watching friends die to gain metres at Tahrir

Castaway · 17 June 2012Kirsty Young

01°07′S 041°54′W

Robert Fisk

How Robert Fisk hit back when attacked by Afghan refugees

Castaway · 15 October 2006Kirsty Young

03°19′S 162°57′W

Frank Gardner

Frank Gardner on his attacker saying peace be upon you before shooting

Castaway · 2 October 2005Sue Lawley

John Eliot Gardiner

22°30′S 084°22′W

John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner on his zany pilgrimage route from Samarkand to Seville

Castaway · 22 November 1992Sue Lawley

08°02′S 063°47′W

Brian Eno

How being hit by a taxi led Brian Eno to invent ambient music

Castaway · 27 January 1991Sue Lawley