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Jens Münch

Jens Münch is a photographer and journalist, reporting from Kuwait and other places.

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Democracy in the Arab world: the case of Kuwait

The international media is on the road with the US military convoys streaming north towards Baghdad. Back in Kuwait, news photographer Jens Münch takes time to reflect on what kind of democratic model the Arab state truly offers for the future of its Iraqi neighbour.

Shadow Army

A news photographer on the ground in Kuwait watches and waits as the US invasion force gathers, and the media scramble to befriend the US military so that they may be chosen to ‘embed’. Meanwhile with hundreds of journalists gathered in a small, quiet country, news is in short supply.

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