Baghdad Wedding is the first play

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 by Hassan Abdulrazzak. It premiered at the Soho Theatre

Soho Theatre

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 in London, England in 2007, and was direct

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ed by Lisa Goldman.

The play touches on the experience of three Expat

Expatriate

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 Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

is who return to their country after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...

.

A recording of this play was broadcast on BBC Radio 3

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 on January 20, 2008.

The Company B

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 production of Hassan Abdulrazzak's Baghdad Wedding will be playing at Belvoir St Theatre

Belvoir St Theatre

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, Sydney

Sydney

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, from 12 February - 22 March 2009.

External links

• Soho Theatre's official Baghdad Wedding page
• Playtext published by Oberon Modern Plays, 2007