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Afternoon Reading: Tales From the Low Countries

Afternoon Reading: Tales From the Low Countries: Episode 1: My Father's Photo Album

My Father's Photo Album

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Episode 1: My Father's Photo Album

Tales From the Low Countries

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By Abdelkader Benali. A Dutch-Moroccan man makes a long-overdue visit to his ill mother.

By Abdelkader Benali. A young Dutch-Moroccan man is compelled to make a long-overdue visit to his ill mother in Rotterdam. Read by Khalid Abdalla.

When the Dutch-Moroccan character at the centre of Abdelkader Benali's short story learns that his mother is ill, he's compelled to make a long-overdue visit to his parents' house in Rotterdam. The visit proves to be the start of a journey through his childhood, family history and sense of himself.

Read by Khalid Abdalla
Translated by David McKay
Abridged and produced by Emma Harding.

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