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Naz, by Iman Qureshi

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Naz's life is set to change when her dog Doris takes a fancy to another person.

4 Extra Debut. Naz is happy alone. Then her dog Doris takes a fancy to a person in the street, with surprising consequences. Read by Rita Das. From May 2014.

'Introductions' is a fresh exploration of what an introduction means for British South Asian culture in contemporary society, where the internet, cultural diversity, and freedoms previously unavailable to members of that society bounce off established traditions of arranged matches or family marriages.

Written by three authors from The Whole Kahani, a British South Asian writers group, the stories in 'Introductions' explore what it means to be mixed race, the tensions between modern independence and family traditions, and the impact of really going it alone in the face of family expectations.

In Naz by Iman Qureshi, Naz forges a life alone, except for her precious dog Doris. Rejecting her own parents' compromised marriage, she shuns relationships until one day Doris takes a shine to the most unlikely of people...

Reader: Rita Das


Producer: David Roper
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