In 1977 Joyce Edling wrote, in a language not her own, to a man she'd never met, in a country she knew nothing about. When her correspondent - a student in a Moroccan j ail - eventually wrote back, it was the start of an extraordinary love affair, culminating in a dramatic flight to freedom.
Joyce Edling and Jamal Benomar tell their own story, with readings from their letters by Helena Breck and Kenneth Stanley.
Compiled and produced by CHRIS MOHR
BBC South and East Elstree