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Kamila Shamsie meets Akram Khan

The writer Kamila Shamsie meets the choreographer Akram Khan.

The writer Kamila Shamsie meets the choreographer Akram Khan.

Kamila Shamsie was born in Pakistan, and has published seven novels. Last year she won the Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction with 91热爆 Fire, the story of two British Muslim sisters, and their jihadist brother - who wants to come home.

Akram Khan first danced professionally as a young teenager, and formed his own company almost 20 years ago. He appeared in the London 2012 opening ceremony, and last year he gave his final performance dancing in a full-length piece. His latest work Outwitting the Devil is inspired by a newly discovered fragment of the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world鈥檚 earliest surviving works of literature.

Producer: Clare Walker

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Wed 5 Jun 2019 21:30

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  • Wed 5 Jun 2019 09:00
  • Wed 5 Jun 2019 21:30

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