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4. Steve Ali

From Deborah’s prompt, Steve Ali takes us back to his childhood in Aleppo to explore family legends and memories. From 2021.

Steve Ali joins Deborah Frances-White to tell stories.

Deborah has hosted many storytelling events and, for this series, she’s picked four very different writers to take part in following episodes.

She gave them all the same prompt – The Devil You Know.

Steve Ali Is a Syrian writer and broadcaster living in London. He was a regular on all four seasons of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ podcast GrownUpLand and has appeared on Global Pillage and The Guilty Feminist as well as Amnesty International’s Secret Policeman’s Tour shows.

He has written for The Sunday Times Magazine, GQ Magazine and The Evening Standard and is co-founder of The Refugee Media Centre. He is a silversmith and has his own jewellery company. Steve is currently developing a one man show called The Alcohol of the Soul.

Deborah is a comedian and writer best known for The Guilty Feminist podcast which has had 85 million downloads and she has appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, The Sydney Opera House and The London Palladium.

She has hosted many storytelling events and, for this special broadcast series, she has picked four very different writers to take part. She gave them all the prompt – The Devil You Know and in this episode we hear Scarlett Curtis' story.

Written and Read by Steve Ali.

Produced by Caroline Raphael.

A Pier production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.

14 minutes

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Wed 2 Oct 2024 22:45

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  • Thu 1 Apr 2021 22:45
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