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The Strand - Monday 18th October 2010

The best of the world's arts, film, literature and music brought to you every day. Presented Harriett Gilbert.

The best of the world's arts, film, literature and music brought to you every day. Presented Harriett Gilbert.

In today's programme, novelist Salman Rushdie talks about his latest book, we travel to Georgia for the centuries old polyphonic tradition of choral music and we talk to the director Cyrus Nowrasteh about his controversial film The Stoning of Soraya M.

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28 minutes

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Tue 19 Oct 201012:32GMT
BBC World Service Online

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Chapters

  • Salman Rushdie

    ...on his new novel and on the exciting story-telling potential of computer games.

    Duration: 11:30

  • Georgian Choral Music

    Beautiful music from post Soviet Union Georgia.

    Duration: 07:15

  • The Stoning of Soraya M.

    A film that confronts the issue of women sentenced to death by stoning.

    Duration: 08:57

Broadcasts

  • Mon 18 Oct 201021:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Tue 19 Oct 201002:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Tue 19 Oct 201008:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Tue 19 Oct 201012:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online