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Thirteen Minutes in Cairo

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Playwright Oliver Emanuel imagines the impact of the elections on an Egyptian family.

Playwright Oliver Emanuel explores the dramatic impact of the election of Mohammed Mursi on an Egyptian family.

Thirteen Minutes in Cairo

By Oliver Emanuel.

A husband returns from a celebration following President Mursi's inauguration to find his wife packing to leave the country.

In the week when the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate became Egypt's first democratically elected president, playwright Oliver Emanuel creates a real-time drama set in Cairo that explores what democracy might mean to the country. 

Heba ... Meg Fraser
Omar ... Simon Tait
Rabiah ... Hannah Donaldson

Director: Kirsty Williams.

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