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At the time of year when many are reflecting on one of the most famous birth stories in history, the nativity, The Cultural Frontline presents a compelling drama about motherhood at a time of conflict.

We join three Syrian women - a mother in Damascus, a young wife sold into prostitution in Lebanon, and a refugee desperate to start a family in Calais - as they embark on the hardest challenge of their lives.

And we speak to the writer, Liwaa Yazji about what moved her to write this ground-breaking drama.

Cast:
Maryam Hamidi as Talar
Sirine Saba as Nouf
Lara Sawalha as Hind
All other roles are played by Ellie Darvill, Clive Hayward, Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong and Kath Weare

Written by Liwaa Yazji, translated by Clem Naylor and adapted for radio by Emma Callander

Directed and produced by Lucy Collingwood

Presenter: Tina Daheley

B!RTH: Syria was one of seven plays originally commissioned by the Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester. The B!rth project is now led by the Centre for Maternal Health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

(Image: A Syrian woman holds her baby in the makeshift migrants camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, Credit: Getty)