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Jun 2025
22m 19s

Akhdar Azaz fi Gizaz

Hana Baba
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✨ A father asks his three daughters what they want him to bring back, when he travels.

💎 💍  While the older two ask for jewels and fine things, Fatma never asks for anything- just his safe return home. 👩🏾

✨ Until one day- when the jealous sisters trick her into asking for something mysterious and unusual- Akhdar Azaz fi Gizaz , the green gem in the glass .

👳🏽‍♂️ Her father sets off on a dangerous quest to find it... 🐎

What happens next? Listen to find out!


🎬 Thanks to our Production Team:

✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba

🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mohamed Jamal, Ahmed Alejail, Hassan Rabei and Khalid Almahi

🎨 Episode Art: Waddah Eltahir

🎭 Graphic Design: Eman Hajali, Rudaina Osman, Layla Bilal

🎧 Sound Design: Seth Samuel

📝 Story Consultant & Editor: Nawal Gaafar

📖 Folktales from Sudan is dedicated to: Elbagir Gaafar, our beloved family storyteller

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