The 2015 Egyptian National Theatre Festival By Dalia Basiouny Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
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Tayeb Saddiki and the Re-invention of Tradition in Contemporary Moroccan Theatre: An Obituary
Tayeb Saddiki and the Re-invention of Tradition in Contemporary Moroccan Theatre An Obituary by Khalid Amine & Marvin Carlson Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 2 (Spring 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
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The 2016 Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre
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Editors Note: Nehad Selaiha
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On January 6, 2017, the Arab theatre world lost one of its best-known, beloved, …
The 2016 Journées Théâtrales de Carthage
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One of the most highly respected theatre festivals of the Arab world is the Journées Théâtrales …
A Space to Meet and Share: A Corner in the World Fest 3 from Istanbul
A Space to Meet and Share: A Corner in the World Fest 3 from Istanbul By Eylem Ejder Arab Stages, Volume 8 (Spring, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Istanbul has a fascinating, brand-new performing arts festival, …
Obituary: Hazem Azmi (1969-2018) This is not an obituary.
Obituary: Hazem Azmi (1969-2018) This is not an obituary. By Nora Amin Arab Stages, Volume 9 (Fall, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
This is not an obituary. I am not writing about Hazem Azmi because he …
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Damascus Theater Laboratory
Damascus Theater Laboratory By Waseem Al Sharqy Translated by Meriem Harbi Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
A Long Theater’s Journey Into Night
“There will come a time when …
The Local Otherness: Theatre Houses in the United Arab Emirates
The Local Otherness: Theatre Houses in the United Arab Emirates By Ziad Adwan Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 2 (Spring 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
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This article examines the function of theatre houses in the …
A Crime on Restaurant Street
A Crime on Restaurant Street A Play by Wajdi Al-Ahdal Translated from the Arabic by Katherine Hennessey Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
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A Place Under the Sun: To Be or Not to Be? The Question of the “Fringe” (1990)
A Place Under the Sun To Be or Not to Be? The Question of the “Fringe” (1990) By Nehad Selaiha Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
Last …
Jawad Al-Assadi’s Women in War: Troubling, Troubled and Troublesome Female Refugees
Jawad Al-Assadi’s Women in War: Troubling, Troubled and Troublesome Female Refugees By Hadeel Abdelhameed Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Women in War (first published in 2003) is a play written …
Theatre Elsewhere: The Dialogues of Alterity
Theatre Elsewhere: The Dialogues of Alterity By Sepideh Shokri Poori Arab Stages, Volume 8 (Spring, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
The questioning nature of human beings has challenged theatre for a long. Therefore, more than any …
Re-writing Theatre History, Performing Forgotten: Three Examples from Istanbul Stages
Re-writing Theatre History, Performing Forgotten: Three Examples from Istanbul Stages By Eylem Ejder Arab Stages, Volume 9 (Fall, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Theatre in Turkey has arguably changed a lot in recent years if we …
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The Birth of Modern Iraqi Theatre: Church Drama in Mosul in the Late Nineteenth Century
The Birth of Modern Iraqi Theatre: Church Drama in Mosul in the Late Nineteenth Century By Amir Al-Azraki and James Al-Shamma Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Western-style theatre …
Yussef El Guindi’s Arab Spring: Revolutions, Upheavals, and Critical Critiques
Yussef El Guindi’s Arab Spring: Revolutions, Upheavals, and Critical Critiques By Michael Malek Najjar Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 2 (Spring 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Egyptian-American playwright Yussef El Guindi is arguably the most …
Mohammad al-Attar’s While I was Waiting at Avignon
Mohammad al-Attar's While I was Waiting at Avignon A Theatre Review by Philippa Wehle Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Mohammad al-Attar is among the best known young Syrian …
Women Playwrights in Egypt (1993)
Women Playwrights in Egypt (1993) By Nehad Selaiha Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
The list of women playwrights in Egypt is depressingly short. When you have …
A Drama of Unlived Stories: Old Child by GalataPerform
A Drama of Unlived Stories: Old Child by GalataPerform By Eylem Ejder Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
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Contemporary Arab Diasporic Plays and Productions in Europe and the United States
Contemporary Arab Diasporic Plays and Productions in Europe and the United States By Marvin Carlson Arab Stages, Volume 8 (Spring, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
During the twenty-first century, with an increasing interest in the Arab …
The Cairo International Festival of Experimental and Contemporary Theatre 2018
The Cairo International Festival of Experimental and Contemporary Theatre 2018 By Marvin Carlson Arab Stages, Volume 9 (Fall, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
The Cairo Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET) is one of the most important …
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Parsing Disgraced : An Assault, A Critique, and A Truce
Parsing Disgraced: An Assault, A Critique, and A Truce By Jamil Khoury Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 2 (Spring 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
The staff at Silk Road Rising crafted a set of questions …
Theatre as an Optimistic Political Act: Lebanese Theatre Artist Sahar Assaf
Theatre as an Optimistic Political Act: Lebanese Theatre Artist Sahar Assaf By Michael Malek Najjar Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Lebanese actress, director, and theatre professor Sahar Assaf …
On Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced
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“I can’t help but feel conflicted when I hear Muslim audience members outraged at the way they …
Development of Diegetic Practices in Iranian Indigenous Performances: A Historical View
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Bubbles and Balloons: The Amman Theatre Festival (1995)
Bubbles and Balloons: The Amman Theatre Festival (1995) By Nehad Selaiha Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
The real drama in this festival, which lasted from March …
From Street to Stage: Hip-hop, the History of an Artification through the Example of Farid Berki
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This essay follows my interests in …
The Wind in the Willows Makes It to KSA
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Watching theatre productions on stage was not a common occurrence in Saudi Arabia. Theatre …
Gurshad Shaheman, a modern day Scheherazade, teller of fascinating tales that hold our attention and leave us wanting more
Gurshad Shaheman, a modern day Scheherazade By Philippa Wehle Arab Stages, Volume 9 (Fall, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Gurshad Shaheman, French-Iranian playwright, performer, and translator is one of the most fascinating voices on the French …
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A Feminist Tuberculosis Melodrama: Melek By Theatre Painted Bird
A Feminist Tuberculosis Melodrama: Melek By Theatre Painted Bird By Emre Erdem Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Founded in 2000 by Jale Karabekir and Zeynep Kaçar, Tiyatro Boyalı …
Abū-l-ʿIlā al-Salāmūnī: the Rewriting of History in Egyptian Theatre
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Great Art and Brave Hearts (1997)
Great Art and Brave Hearts By Nehad Selaiha Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
Out of Joint plays Caryl Churchill’s Heart’s Desire and Blue Kettle at the …
Shahid Nadeem’s Acquittal in New York
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Acquittal, a 1987 play by Shahid Nadeem, Pakistan’s leading playwright, was presented in New York …
Documentary Theatre in Egypt: Devising a New Play in Cairo
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An original Documentary Theatre play created by American University in …
Civilization Is but A Veneer: Locating Yemen for the Western Stage
Civilization Is but A Veneer: Locating Yemen for the Western Stage By Hani Omar Khalil Arab Stages, Volume 9 (Fall, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Even within the parade of horrible events that has troubled the …
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The Arab Theatre Festival (7th Session)
The Arab Theatre Festival (7th Session) by Jaouad Radouani Arab Stages, Volume 1, Number 2 (Spring 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
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Much Ado About “Theatre and Censorship Conference”
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The churnings of the second decade of the 21st century resulted in social …
Body Politics in Adham Hafez Company’s 2065 BC
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New York Live Arts hosts the Live Ideas Festival each Spring under a …
The Interwoven History of Moroccan Theatre
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Home-Made Theatre (1998)
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To get to the Women and Memory Research Center through the Muhandiseen maze of small …
The 1919 Revolution in the Eyes of Modern and Contemporary Egyptian Theatre Directors: A Reflection of a Generation Gap
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Historical …
Boundaries of History, Memory and Invention: Laila Soliman’s ZigZig in Light of Absence of Egyptians’ Right to Freedom under Information Law
Boundaries of History, Memory and Invention:
Laila Soliman’s ZigZig in Light of
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Peer Gynt in Palestine
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Ibsen’s 19th century Norwegian play Peer Gynt has been reimagined in a new light thanks to the youth …
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Mass Media Muslims: A Three Lens Theory of Representation
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I think a lot about the representation of Muslims, particularly the …
A Counterpoint Reading of the Moussem Cities@Tunis Festival
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The censorship and strict regulation of the public sphere …
Tangier International Conference for 2016: The Narrative Turn in Contemporary Theatre
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Two Plays by Timberlake Wertenbaker: The Love of the Nightingale at the Women and Memory Forum and Our Country’s Good at the AUC (1998)
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The Mysteries Behind a Silenced Voice: Review of Betty Shamieh’s The Strangest
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The Yacoubian Building Onstage: An Interview with Kareem Fahmy
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Dr. Alaa Al Aswany’s bestselling Egyptian novel The Yacoubian Building was published in Arabic …
New and Joyful Encounters with Macbeth in the Turkish Theatre
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New texts, acting techniques, and production approaches are being revealed in the experimental …
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Issam Mahfouz’s The Dictator presented in New York
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The Dictator, written in 1969 by Lebanese playwright Issam Mahfouz, has been …
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The Last Supper by Ahmed El Attar
The Last Supper by Ahmed El Attar By Marvin Carlson and Philippa Wehle Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 2 (Spring 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
Despite the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and the coming …
Heather Raffo on Noura
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For Future Reference: Art and Politics (1999)
For Future Reference: Art and Politics (1999) By Nehad Selaiha Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
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Iranian Theatre as Means of Intervention: The Intercultural Discourse in Hey! Macbeth, only the first dog knows why it is barking!
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The Unfaithful Husband
The Unfaithful Husband
By James Sanua (Ya`qub Sanua)
Translation by Marvin Carlson and Stefano Boselli
Arab Stages, Volume 8 (Spring, 2018)
©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center PublicationsTranslators’ Notes
Defined as “the father of the modern …
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Sabour’s Night Traveler in Cairo
Sabour’s Night Traveler in Cairo By Marvin Carlson Arab Stages, Volume 9 (Fall, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
I have often observed in attending even the most prestigious of the many international theatre festivals that one …
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An 1868 Egyptian Helen of Troy play published
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The current (October 10 issue of Al-Hayat announces that the first theatrical text …
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Arab Angst on Swedish Stages
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A Woman’s Rule: Review of The Harlem Classical Theatre’s production of Fit for a Queen
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A Hair-‘razing’ Adventure: The Head of Mameluke Jaber (2000)
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Whoever said that we generally think in metaphors, which …
Why are we here now? Mohammed al Attar’s work Aleppo. A Portrait of Absence
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Secrets of a Suicide
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Wajdi Mouawad’s Seuls: When the body performs memory.
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“We are buildings inhabited by a renter about whom we know nothing. Our …
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Nahda: Five Visions of an Arab Awakening
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Two Egyptian Playwrights in Boston: Hany Abdel Naser’s They Say Dancing is a Sin and Yasmeen Emam’s The Mirror
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The Third Identity: An Interview with Tareq Abu Kwaik
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Manifold Oedipus: Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex at the National (2001)
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The earliest record of a production of Sophocles’s Oedipus …
The Theatrical Work Mchouga-Maboul: A Plunge into Moroccan Memory
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The author of this work is playwright Simon Elbaz, who is a native …
A Knock from the Stork
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The present one-act play does not include the conventional dramatis personae. This is a deliberate choice …
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Muslim Rap, Halal Soaps, and Revolutionary Theatre
Muslim Rap, Halal Soaps, and Revolutionary Theatre
Ed. by Karin van Nieuwkerk
A Book Review By Marvin Carlson
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2012.
Pp. vi + 291, ISBN 978-0-292-74768-5. (Pbk $16.75).
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Chasing the Gaze of the Killer: Rabih Mroué’s The Pixelated Revolution
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When a wave of popular uprisings known …
Royal Buffoonery: King Lear at the National (2002)
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Any production of a revered classic, particularly in a cultural …
The 24th Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre
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Long-time observers of the Cairo Theatre scene will remember that in 2011, after …
On Ajoka: An Interview and In Memoriam
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The interview …
Arab American Drama, Film and Performance: A Critical Study, 1908 to the Present
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World Premiere of Arabic Drama at Cornell
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قطوف من حدائقها
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قطوف من حدائقها
كتب: سناء صليحة
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Theatre Everywhere: How A Small Lebanese Village Transformed for Blood Wedding
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In April, the Theatre Initiative at the American University of Beirut and …
Inside/Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora
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AB: Beit Byout by Tahweel Ensemble Theatre in Beirut
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Four Arab Hamlet Plays
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The Village of Tishreen is one of the most important modern political plays, not …
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The Wild Wedding
The Wild Wedding
A Play by Falah Shaker
Translated by Alyaa A. Naser
Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015)
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The Cart
The Cart A Play by Hamed Almaliki Translated by Alyaa A. Naser Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 2 (Spring 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
(An Iraqi house, a poor one; there is nothing but eroded …
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Cairo in the ‘60’s: This Time by the Rising Circle Theater Collective New York City, May 19, 2016
Cairo in the ‘60’s: This Time by the Rising Circle Theater Collective The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, New York City Thursday, May 19, 2016 Performance A Theatre Review by Michael Malek Najjar Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1…
The One and Only: Nehad Selaiha
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Malumat: Resources for Research, Writing/Publishing, Teaching & Performing Arts
Malumat:
Resources for Research, Writing/Publishing, Teaching, & Performing Arts
Compiled by Kate C. Wilson
Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015)
©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center PublicationsThis column lists calls and notices relevant to scholars …
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Rubbish
Rubbish A Play by Ali Abdulnebbi Al Zaidi Translated into English by Alyaa A. Naser Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 2 (Spring 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
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Firestarter
Firestarter A Short Play by Hassan Abdulrazzak Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Firestarter
Firestarter
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The Godmother, Obituary: Nehad Selaiha (1945-2017)
The Godmother, Obituary: Nehad Selaiha (1945-2017) By Ati Metwaly Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
This article was first published in Al-Ahram Weekly
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In Memoriam: Nehad Selaiha
In Memoriam: Nehad Selaiha By Karen Malpede Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
Nehad Selaiha was the sort of theatre writer artists crave and need if we …
Before Dinner
Before Dinner A Short Play by Yasser Abu Shaqra Translated by Faisal Hamadah Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Editor’s Note: Before Dinner by Yasser Abu Shaqra was …
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A Dialogue about Before Dinner
A Dialogue about Before Dinner Between Playwright Yasser Abu Shaqra and Translator Faisal Hamadah May, 2016 Edited and Translated from the Arabic by Faisal Hamadah Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre…
