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by Maryam Hamidi.

A rich, poetic and thought-provoking drama about the differing experiences of fleeing your homeland and starting again as an adult and as a child.

Ashraf is nervous. It’s the day of his substantive interview for asylum. Sitting next to him is Interpreter 691.

And sitting across from them is an interviewer that Ashraf cannot fully understand.

Everything he says matters. But everything he says, will be resaid and reinterpreted by another.

Nahid is Interpreter 691. Her family sought asylum when she was a child. Now she listens and interprets the stories of other refugees.

But when she meets Ashraf years later in a different context, the experiences they share and the experiences they don’t are brought into sharp relief.

Cast in Order of Appearance:

Ashraf … Mohsen Ghaffari
Nahid … Shireen Farkhoy

Music performed by Dr Parmis Mozafari

Directed by Kirsty Williams

An EcoAudio certified production from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Audio Scotland for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4

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