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The Arabian Nights
Anne McElvoy is joined by Shahidha Bari and Houda Echouafni to discuss the Arabian Nights, the collection of stories and folk tales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age.
New Generation Thinker Shahidha Bari and the Moroccan actress Houda Echouafni who played Sheherazade in a six hour stage version at the Edinburgh Festival in 2011, trace the history of the One Thousand and One Nights, the collection of stories and folk tales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age which has enthralled readers for centuries. Anne McElvoy presents.
Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music.
Last on
Mon 7 Sep 201520:30
BBC Radio 3
Music Played
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Etude Tableau in G min
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky (piano).![]()
Trad Mallorcan
The Barrel Organ
Ensemble: Follow the Rats.
Broadcast
- Mon 7 Sep 201520:30BBC Radio 3
