On Wednesday 29 July
2009 the Rivercourt Methodist Church in Hammersmith,
London, was filled for a multi-lingual cultural evening
organised by the Iraqi Association and featuring
ZIPANG Mesopotamian
storytellers.
Fran Hazelton
and Muhamad Tawfiq Ali introduced the audience to
ZIPANG Days Out in English
and Arabic. Fran told in English the Sumerian story
Lugalbanda Lost in the Mountains. She ended with the
cry of the Anzud Bird ‘that cracked the ground in the
Lullubu Mountains’. People can find out what happens
next in the story at the ZIPANG
Day Out on Saturday 5th September.
Badia Obaid
told in Arabic the Akkadian story The Descent of the
Goddess Ishtar to the Underworld.
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