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Episode 3: Zarah Hussain on The Arabian Nights

The Book that Changed Me

Zarah Hussain on The Arabian Nights

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The artist describes the inspiration of these legendary tales.

Zarah Hussain explains how The Arabian Nights inspired her as an artist. On discovering the book as a child, she found "the book was absolutely beautiful...There was a border of pink and blue arabesque flowers and a central image of a King wearing a gold crown and beautiful robes in conversation with a Queen similarly bedecked in robes. The floor and walls were covered in repeating geometric patterns. ...they came from a different world, a faraway place, but a place that was somehow familiar to me." 
Producer: Smita Patel.

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People working in the arts discuss the books that inspired them in their careers

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