Jasmine Callan

Jasmine Callan

Jasmine Callan is a British Iraqi actress who recently portrayed the well known Iraqi female blogger Riverbend in John Fletchers the Womans Hour. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/schedule/2006/12/20/day/ BBC - Radio 4 - Daily Schedule ] ] The drama focuses on Riverbend's stories of life in occupied Baghdad, stories of neighbours whose homes are raided by US troops, and of relatives disappearing during the chaos. She also carries on with expressing her own decision in choosing not to wear the hijab, a decision that becomes increasingly risky as religious extremism increases. [ [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/suttonelms/jfletcher.html John Fletcher radio plays, radio drama - DIVERSITY WEBSITE ] ] [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/12/18/nosplit/bvtv18.xml Today's TV & radio choices - Telegraph ] ] Jasmine has worked in a number of theatre productions and on radio.

Filmography

* "Baghdad Burning" - RiverbendJasmine Callan - also known as Jasmine Mohammed featured as Riverbend in 'Baghdad Burning' by John Fletcher, produced by Claudine Toutoungi for BBC Radio 4. The programme was aired on The Woman's Hour slot in 2007.

References

External links

* [http://uk.castingcallpro.com/view.php?uid=91099 Jasmine Callan at Casting Call Pro]


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