Doha - A three-day workshop titled "New Arab Voices", organised jointly by the British Council and the BBC World Service, concluded yesterday.
The workshop, attended by thirty Arab writers, aimed to promote the art of writing drama for radio to a wide range of writers across the Gulf. It focuses on why radio can be the accessible and powerful way of telling your story and on all parts of the drama writing: from story to scene, character, dialogue and structure.
The award-winning British writer, Nick Warburton and the Executive Drama Producer for the BBC Marion Nancarrow made were the key instructors of the event. As part of the function participants have put forward ideas for a new play which will be script edited, recorded and broadcasted in the BBC in March 2009.
Lana Kayad, project Manager for the British Council in Qatar said: "We believe the workshop would help in finding new voices for radio within the Arab World, to bring Arab stories to a wider audience and alert writers to a number of outlets available to them for their work."
At the closing ceremony held at the premises of the British Council, Chris Neslon, Deputy director of the Council distributed certificates to the participants.
© The Peninsula 2008
