Foreign Bodies: The Samaritan’s Secret

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Peter Polycarpou

Nabil Elouhabi

Vincent Ebrahim

Lara Sawalha

Philip Arditti

Zubin Varla

Isabella Inchbald

Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong

Adam Fitzgerald

Mary Peate

Matt Rees

Jennifer Howarth

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Omar Yussef helps the chief of police in Nablus to solve the murder of a young Samaritan.

Omar Yussef helps the chief of police in Nablus to solve the murder of a young Samaritan. Starring Peter Polycarpou.

Omar Yussef teams up with an ex-student turned police officer to solve the case of the murder of a young man whose body is found at the most sacred Samaritan site in Nablus. 

Matt Rees' Palestine-based murder mysteries - featuring schoolteacher-turned-amateur sleuth, Omar Yussef.  

Dramatised by Jennifer Howarth.

Omar Yussef ...... Peter Polycarpou
Sami Jaffari ...... Nabil Elouahabi 
Jibril ...... Vincent Ebrahim
Roween ...... Lara Sawalha
Awwadi ...... Philip Arditti 
Amin Kanaan ...... Zubin Varla
Jamie King ...... Isabella Inchbald 
Thug ...... Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Thug 2 ...... Adam Fitzgerald

Director:  Mary Peate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.

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