Modern Harems

Harem role for Martine
 
Martine McCutcheon has landed a TV role in a new romantic drama about Islam.
 
She will star opposite Art Malik in ITV’s “The English Harem.“
 
McCutcheon plays a supermarket checkout girl who falls in love with a Muslim restaurant owner and marries him -- despite the fact he already has two wives.
 
The other wives encourage the marriage but her parents are appalled and her racist ex-boyfriend plots to get her back.
 
The English Harem is based on the novel by Anthony McCarten.
 
Malik, 52, star of “Holby City“ and “A Passage To India,“ said “This is a wonderful opportunity to explore a modern day, mixed race, contemporary love story.
 
“The difference in background and age between the two central characters makes it original and enticing.”
 
ITV drama controller Nick Elliot said: “The English Harem is a charming and highly original film. It is timely in that it explores the Muslim community.
 
(“The Irish Examiner,“ 5/29/05)
 
[TBC: It is interesting to note that it is not just her “ex-boyfriend“ that plots to get her back, but her “racist“ ex-boyfriend. There is nothing “charming and highly original“ about a plot which warps the truly original design of God who said, “therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh“ - Genesis:2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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