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Noor
Written byAkbar Ahmed
CharactersAbdullah
Daoud
Father Assad Hussein
Ali
Three solders
Sheikh Moinuddin
Disciple
Deputy Minister
Flunky
Auntie Fatima
Fadel
Noor
Date premiered2007
Place premieredTheater J
Washington, DC
Original languageTransclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
SubjectSoldiers abduct Noor, a Muslim woman; Noor's three brothers debate what to do.
GenreDrama
Settingunnamed 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

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