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Afternoon Drama: Arabian Afternoons

Peter Jukes

Sirine Saba

Kevork Malikyan

William El-Gardi

Betsabeh Emran

Zubin Varla

Allan Corduner

Keely Beresford

Stefan Kalipha

Mozaffar Shafeie

David Seddon

Rufus Wright

Mary Peate

Abigail le Fleming

Drama on 4: Arabian Afternoons: Episode 3: A Dish of Pomegranates

A Dish of Pomegranates

Episode 3

Episode 3: A Dish of Pomegranates

Arabian Afternoons

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By Peter Jukes. Ajib is stopped by security officers as he tries to fly home from Israel.

By Peter Jukes. Ajib is stopped by security officers as he tries to fly out of Ben Gurion airport on his way home to the US. They don't think his story adds up.

A Dish of Pomegranates
by Peter Jukes

The third in a series of plays inspired by stories from the Arabian Nights.

Shared roots and scattered families in the melting pot of modern Jerusalem. Tired after a stressful trip, Ajib is stopped by security officers as he tries to fly out of Ben Gurion airport on his way home to the U.S. They don't think his story adds up. Can he make them believe him? And does he actually know the whole story himself?

Directed by Mary Peate.

Drama on 4: Arabian Afternoons

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Series of three plays set in Baghdad and inspired by tales from The Arabian Nights

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