Originating with the Persian empires, the harem (unlike its salacious modern day portrayals) emerges from the need to create a safe space for rulers and their families. Let’s take a tour!
You’ve had an entire day full of courtly intrigue and politics. You retire, passing a curtain separating the public from the private… you pass by special guards whose principal job is protecting your family. You enter an open space scattered with cushions, couches, rugs, games of chess… children playing and laughing… the familiar sounds of ouds and drums…
An original Ubisoft series, produced by Paradiso Media.
Written by: Ali A Olomi
Hosted by: Ali A Olomi, Deana Hassanein
Mixing and editing: Adrien Le Blond, Jimmy Bardin
Pre-existing music: Music from Assassin’s Creed Mirage (Original Game Soundtrack) by Brendan Angelides, and from Walissarābi Minnal‘irfān (A Tribute To Mirage).
Label: Ubisoft Music
Illustration: © Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved
Production Coordinator: Brendan Galbreath
Additional Production Assistants: Yael Even Or, Molly O'Keefe, Madeleine Weinberg, Aimie Faconnier
Producers: Axelle Gobert, Abi McNeil
Executive Producers Ubisoft: Etienne Bouvier, Julien Fabre
Executive Producers Paradiso Media: Benoit Dunaigre, Emi Norris
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