Read more about “Noura” – a story of an immigrant woman, a wife and a mother who has been harboring a secret for the past 26 years and must struggle with the conflicting need to both hold on and let go. Noura is a Christian Iraqi, a Chaldean from Mosul, married to her sweetheart, also a Christian Iraqi from Baghdad; their only friend appears to be Noura’s childhood friend, a Muslim man from Mosul. Raffo sets the play during a Christmas celebration as it is honored by ancient Chaldean tradition: with a fast on Christmas Eve, followed by an elaborate feast of Muslawi food and bread on Christmas Day. Identities and traditions are very specific in this play. While for some producers, this might augur a limited audience, Detroit Public Theatre’s production proved the opposite.
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