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| Sound recording, story; a wonder tale from Egypt, told by Chirine El Ansary, as part of a 'Book Me' educational event at the Barbican Centre, London, 31st May 2006. | |
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| Introduction to Chirine El Ansary by Ben Haggarty, followed by story told by Chirine El Ansary. A story about a poor boy, whose father leaves to find food. He instructs his son to fly on a carpet to the hill of two palm trees, should he run out of food before his return. The boy finds the hill with the two palm trees, he shares his food with a green man who tells him to sleep in the palm trees, where the boy finds gold and diamonds. The boy flies to a city where a princess steals his carpet, his gold and diamonds. With the help of information from the green man, the boy takes his revenge on the princess, feeding her red dates which make a horn grow out of her forehead, and then curing her with yellow dates, and winning back his possessions. | |
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| The Book Me event was a two part event run for families at the Barbican Centre London, as part of their educational provision. The event provided storytelling performances and storytelling workshops, where participants learned to retell oral stories, for family audiences. | |
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| audience:- | family |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 28 minutes, 32 seconds |
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| Performing in the Book Me event were Ben Haggarty and Chirine El Ansary. | |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Chirine El Ansary female / Egyptian / Muslim / African / French / born 28.04.1971 |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| origin:- | Egypt, Africa |
| programming & administration:- |
administrator; programmer: The Barbican Centre; Barbican
Education |
| storytelling:- |
London, England: The Barbican Centre: The Pit Theatre
31 May 2006 educational event: Book Me |
| gift from:- |
The Barbican Centre |
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