Criticizing Patriarchy and the Status Quo in Iraq: A One-Woman Show
On May 2nd, 2019, at The Institute of Fine Arts in Basra, Banin Abbas, an Iraqi actor, and...
Read MoreAl-Azraki is an Assistant Professor of Arabic language, drama and diasporic literature at Renison University College, University of Waterloo. He received his PhD in Theatre Studies from York University in Toronto, Canada. Al-Azraki is also a playwright and the co-editor and co-translator of Contemporary Plays from Iraq.
Posted by Amir Al-Azraki | 9th Jun 2019 | Iraq, Review, Theatre and Gender
On May 2nd, 2019, at The Institute of Fine Arts in Basra, Banin Abbas, an Iraqi actor, and...
Read MorePosted by Amir Al-Azraki | 7th Jan 2019 | Canada, Review
The auditorium buzzes with anticipation. It is opening night for a group of students from the...
Read MorePosted by Amir Al-Azraki | 11th May 2017 | Iraq, Theatre and Politics
Introduction [1] Political violence (resistance violence, revolutionary violence, state violence,...
Read MorePosted by Amir Al-Azraki | 4th Mar 2017 | Applied Theatre, Iraq, Participatory Theatre
Theatre of the Oppressed was originated in the 1970s by a Brazilian theatre practitioner and...
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