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World Service,08 Nov 2012,18 mins

Nour Festival of Arts

The Strand

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Samira Ahmed Nour Festival of Arts Palestinian designer Dia Batal explains how she turned one of London's most iconic rooms into a memorial for the Syrian Dead. Parizod Phillip Bergson reviews – Parizod - a sparkling fairy tale of a film from Uzbekistan that premiered at the recent Tashkent Film Festival, and talks about the rich history of film in former Soviet state. Fargo TV writer Michael Hogan gives his advice to the Coen Brothers on how to successfully turn their film Fargo into a TV series.

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