Amir Al-Azraki

regional managing editor - Iraq

a.alazraki@thetheatretimes.com

Al-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.

Criticizing Patriarchy and the Status Quo in Iraq: A One-Woman Show

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...

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Acting Out: Theatre Class Where Students Rehearse For Change

Posted 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...

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The Representation of Political Violence in the Plays about Iraq (2003-2011)

Posted by Amir Al-Azraki | 11th May 2017 | Iraq, Theatre and Politics

Introduction [1] Political violence (resistance violence, revolutionary violence, state violence,...

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Theatre of the Oppressed in Iraq

Posted 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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