
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
The Egyptian National Theatre Festival started its eighth iteration with a full fare of …
The 2016 Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre A Theatre Review by Karen Malpede Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall, 2016) 2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center PublicationIn Egypt, as in most of the rest of…
Editors Note: Nehad Selaiha By Marvin Carlson Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
On January 6, 2017, the Arab theatre world lost one of its best-known, beloved, …
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 …
Sami Abdul-Hamid, one of the most significant directors of the modern Iraqi theatre, died on Sunday, 29 September 2019, at the age of 91. He was born in Samaqah, Iraq, in 1928 and studied theatre in London and the United …
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
Introduction to A Crime on Restaurant…
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 …
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 …
In recent years, political migration has been one of the hottest topics in international politics. Its real moral complexity is often bypassed in the rush to make various nationalist assertions, while the pervasive media coverage spreads continuous quick images …
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 …
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 …
“Write what you know,” two generations of American writing students have been schooled. On some campuses the stakes have risen further: “How dare you write what you don’t know?” Regarding the Arab world, because its people have suffered such terrible …
Development of Diegetic Practices in Iranian Indigenous Performances: a Historical View By Mohammad J. Yousefian Kenari and Parastoo Mohebbi Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall, 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
Performance Traditions and Narrative …
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 …
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 …
On its opening day, 1s February, 2018, the Egyptian National Theatre in downtown Cairo showcased Laugh Till/When You Die (Idhak lama t’moot), Lenin el Ramly’s last play, directed by his longtime artistic partner Essam el Sayed. The play, …
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 …
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 …
J.T. Rogers’ Tony Award winning play, Oslo, gives us a front row seat to the secret backchannel negotiations that made the Oslo Accords possible. The Oslo Accords, signed in 1993 by representatives from both Israel and Palestine, offered hope …
Much Ado About “Theatre and Censorship Conference” By Dalia Basiouny Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
The churnings of the second decade of the 21st century resulted in social …
Home-Made Theatre (1998) By Nehad Selaiha Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
To get to the Women and Memory Research Center through the Muhandiseen maze of small …
Peer Gynt in Palestine By Ashley Marinaccio Arab Stages, Volume 9 (Fall, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Ibsen’s 19th century Norwegian play Peer Gynt has been reimagined in a new light thanks to the youth …
“You cheer your team when they score a goal, yes? You wave the flag, you cheer your troops … And after you cheer you switch off the TV and forget. You forget what has been done. For you. In your …
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) By Nehad Selaiha Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by…
New and Joyful Encounters with Macbeth in the Turkish Theatre By Eylem Ejder Arab Stages, Volume 9 (Fall, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
New texts, acting techniques, and production approaches are being revealed in the experimental …
For a while, I have been interested in the ways how the contemporary theatre in Turkey deals with the current political situation, how theatre responds to and reflects the political turmoil which is being described with such language as “polarization,” …
Issam Mahfouz’s The Dictator presented in New York Marvin Carlson Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
The Dictator, written in 1969 by Lebanese playwright Issam Mahfouz, has been …
Heather Raffo on Noura A Theatre Review by Heather Denyer Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall, 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
In May of 2016, playwright Heather Raffo spoke with me about her collaboration …
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
In the Arab world, where repressive authoritarianism, in varying degrees of …
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 Publications
Translators’ Notes
Defined as “the father of the modern …
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 …
Upon looking at Turkey from afar one can see several negative processes. The first thing that comes to our mind is imprisoned journalists, academics, politicians and artists. The Constitution which was passed after the 1980 coup still has the same …
An 1868 Egyptian Helen of Troy play published Marvin Carlson Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
The current (October 10 issue of Al-Hayat announces that the first theatrical text …
A Woman’s Rule: Review of The Harlem Classical Theatre’s production of Fit for a Queen A Theatre Review by Juan R. Recondo Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall, 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
The …
A Hair-'razing' Adventure: The Head of Mameluke Jaber (2000) By Nehad Selaiha Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
Whoever said that we generally think in metaphors, which …
Secrets of a Suicide By Tawfiq al-Hakim Translated by Maha Swelem Arab Stages, Volume 8 (Spring, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Translator’s Notes:
One could not state that choosing an Egyptian play to translate was …
Wajdi Mouawad’s Seuls: When the body performs memory. By Rachel M. Watson Arab Stages, Volume 9 (Fall, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
“We are buildings inhabited by a renter about whom we know nothing. Our …
The 2019 edition of the leading international theatre festival at Avignon offered two contributions from the Arab World among its featured presentations. These were Mahmoud & Nini , written and directed by Henri Jules Julien, from the Tarmac Theatre in …
Nahda: Five Visions of an Arab Awakening Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
On the evening of October 12, 2015, the Noor Highlight Reading Series presented a public reading …
The Third Identity: An Interview with Tareq Abu Kwaik An Interview by George Potter Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall, 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
Before touring internationally with the band 47 Soul…
Manifold Oedipus: Sophocles' Oedipus Rex at the National (2001) By Nehad Selaiha Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
The earliest record of a production of Sophocles’s Oedipus …
A Knock from the Stork By Mostafa Shoul Arab Stages, Volume 8 (Spring, 2018) ©2018 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Prefatory Note
The present one-act play does not include the conventional dramatis personae. This is a deliberate choice …
The Kusntenfestivaldesarts 2019 (Brussels) hosted several shows from Middle Eastern artists this year. Reflecting and sensitivity to presenting a diversity of shows from different cultures, shows from the Middle East are presented in each edition of this festival. They are …
Royal Buffoonery: King Lear at the National (2002) By Nehad Selaiha Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
Any production of a revered classic, particularly in a cultural …
Sanaz Ghajar, Iranian Girlfriend (October 3)
PRELUDE 2019, the sixteenth annual Prelude Festival presented by the Martin E. Segal Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and co-curated by Sanaz Ghajar and David Bruin with the theme Riotous Excursions, enjoyed …
قطوف من حدائقها By Sana' Selaiha Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
قطوف من حدائقها
كتب: سناء صليحة
عقب انتهاء أول ندوة جلست فيها على المنصة لمناقشة …
“When asked about his opinion on the phenomenon of ‘political control of a population,’ Foucault responded, “. . .power had to gain access to the bodies of individuals, to their acts, attitudes, and modes of everyday behavior . . . …
Conducting a Theatre Workshop for Syrian Refugees at Berlin’s Tempelhof Center An Essay by Fadi Fayad Skeiker Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
Thanks to Alexander Shroeder, a theatre …
نهاد صليحه وصورة الناقد الحداثي By Mohammad Samir Al-Khatib Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
نهاد صليحه وصورة الناقد الحداثي
كتب د.محمد سمير الخطيب
بعد حقبة الخمسينيات …
It is always refreshing when one finds in the market a new collection of translated Arabic plays. Recently an anthology of Arabic plays appeared. published by Brill as …
Out of Control A Play by Wael Qadour, 2009 Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
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