Miriam and Youssef - Ep 2. Halutzim

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1925. Miriam and her mother move into a new kibbutz close to Jerusalem and find Yehoshua, also a Jewish refugee from Europe. Miriam and Youssef meet - two young people from across the divide. But Yehoshua distrusts the Arabs and threatens Youssef, his father and his uncle. Harry finds Youssef work. Episode two of the drama.

Written by Steve Waters.

CAST
Youssef: Amir El-Masry
Miriam: Shani Erez
Young Miriam: Ava Merson-O’Brien
Young Youssef: Jo Ben Ayed
Sara: Jessica Turner
Yehoshua: Philip Arditti
Ben-Gurion: Elliot Levey
Abu Khalid: Rami Nasr
Umm Khalid: Sirine Saba
Harry Lister: Blake Ritson
Mahmoud: Daniel Rabin
The Mufti: Dana Haqjoo
Major Dennis: Clive Hayward
Other parts: Heather Craney and Neil McCaul
Original music: Glenn Sharp
Sound designer: Caleb Knightley
This episode was updated on 11 May 2020.

Published on Wednesday, 6th May 2020.

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