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| Written by | Akbar Ahmed |
| Characters | Abdullah Daoud Father Assad Hussein Ali Three solders Sheikh Moinuddin Disciple Deputy Minister Flunky Auntie Fatima Fadel Noor |
| Date premiered | 2007 |
| Place premiered | Theater J Washington, DC |
| Original language | Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead. |
| Subject | Soldiers abduct Noor, a Muslim woman; Noor's three brothers debate what to do. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | unnamed city with a Muslim-majority population, modern day. |
Noor is a two-act play by Akbar Ahmed.
Characters
- Main characters
- Abdullah (youngest brother, professor, idealistic Sufi)
- Daoud (middle brother, medical doctor, hardened religious literalist)
- Ali (oldest brother, lawyer and government bureaucrat, relatively secular)
- Father (Assad Hussain)
- Auntie Fatima (father's sister)
- Noor (youngest sibling, a bright college student)
Secondary characters
PlotAct 1Act 2ReferencesAkbar Ahmed, Akbar Ahmed: Two Plays. London: Saqi Books, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-86356-435-2 External Links
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