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Palestinian radio programs help prisoner morale

Palestinian families are communicating over the radio with their imprisoned loved ones languishing in Israeli jails.
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY HOSSAM EZZEDDINE
Mustafa Jawhari, a 20-year-old blind Palestinian university graduate with a specialisation in music, presents a radio program at radio station in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 9, 2012. Jawhari's wish is to present a TV program following his success in radio. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

“Brother Murad, I want to say something to my brother in jail,” says a female voice.

“Go ahead,” Murad al-Sabi replies warmly.

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