Unjust Laughter: Representations of Equity-Deserving Groups in Contemporary Iraqi Comedy
Introduction The ongoing unsettling shift of my identity from a “white” Iraqi back home (in Iraq)...
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“Baghdaddy” at the Royal Court
What is the best way of talking about the Middle East? Should plays take a documentary or verbatim...
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Ali Al-Zaidi: A Playwright Who Lives Through His Characters
Based on a recent phone interview with Al-Zaidi, the most prominent Iraqi playwright. Ali Al-Zaidi...
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“A History Of Water In The Middle East” at The Royal Court
Sabrina Mahfouz is a British-Egyptian writer who has explored issues of Muslim and British...
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Julia Pascal’s “Blueprint Medea” at The Finborough Theatre: Mythical Reboot
The rewriting of Ancient Greek myth offers a way of creating contemporary stories that have a deep...
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The First Middle Eastern Theatre Photo Exhibition At The University Of Toronto, Spring 2019
On January 11, 2019, the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of...
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Iraqi Actor Brings Theatre To Kids In A Converted Truck
Converting a pick-up truck into a mobile theatre isn’t that easy, says Hussein Ali Saleh, an Iraqi...
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