
Latif Lalouh's drama Samira's Garden concerns a woman who begins a forbidden sexual affair with her husband's nephew after her husband becomes impotent. Lalouh's award winning script shows how Arabic Muslim culture often acts at the expense of people's personal freedoms.

Latif Lalouh's drama Samira's Garden concerns a woman who begins a forbidden sexual affair with her husband's nephew after her husband becomes impotent. Lalouh's award winning script shows how Arabic Muslim culture often acts at the expense of people's personal freedoms.
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