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EPISODE · Apr 4, 2018 · 13 MIN

Zarah Hussain on The Arabian Nights

from The Essay · host BBC Radio 3

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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