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Hakawatis: Women of the Arabian Nights review

“Spirited alternative to the story of Scheherazade”
ReviewsDec 19, 2022by Anya RyanSam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
Houda Echouafni, Roann Hassani McCloskey, Nadi Kemp-Sayfi and Laura Hanna in Hakawatis: Women of the Arabian Nights at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London. Photo: Ellie Kurttz
Houda Echouafni, Roann Hassani McCloskey, Nadi Kemp-Sayfi and Laura Hanna in Hakawatis: Women of the Arabian Nights at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London. Photo: Ellie Kurttz
Hannah Khalil’s absorbing feminist reinvention of One Thousand and One Nights, directed by Pooja Ghai, has you rooting for Scheherazade and her imprisoned helpers anew

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