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 …
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In Memoriam: Nehad Selaiha
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
On January 6th…
The One and Only: Nehad Selaiha
The One and Only: Nehad Selaiha By Nora Amin Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
The following is not an obituary nor is it a testimony about …
My First Encounter with Nehad Selaiha
My First Encounter with Nehad Selaiha By Katherine Hennessey Arab Stages, Volume 6, Nehad Selaiha Memorial Issue (Spring, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
I don’t write reviews exactly; they’re supposed to be reviews of the …
نهاد صليحه وصورة الناقد الحداثي
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 …
Royal Buffoonery: King Lear at the National (2002)
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 …
قطوف من حدائقها
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 …
Manifold Oedipus: Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex at the National (2001)
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 Hair-‘razing’ Adventure: The Head of Mameluke Jaber (2000)
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 …
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
In the Arab world, where repressive authoritarianism, in varying degrees of …
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)
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…
Home-Made Theatre (1998)
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
Editors Note: Nehad Selaiha
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, …
A Woman’s Rule: Review of The Harlem Classical Theatre’s production of Fit for a Queen
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 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…
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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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 …
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
Scene 1
A We have to get the man on the hill.
B …
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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 Village of Tishreen
The Village of Tishreen A Review by Ahmad Mahfouz Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall, 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
The Village of Tishreen is one of the most important modern political plays, not …
Conducting a Theatre Workshop for Syrian Refugees at Berlin’s Tempelhof Center
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 …
World Premiere of Arabic Drama at Cornell
World Premiere of Arabic Drama at Cornell A Theatre Review by Marvin Carlson Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall, 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
The Cornell University Department of Performing and Media Arts presented …
Chasing the Gaze of the Killer: Rabih Mroué’s The Pixelated Revolution
Chasing the Gaze of the Killer: Rabih Mroué’s The Pixelated Revolution An Essay by Mara Valderrama Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
When a wave of popular uprisings known …
The Third Identity: An Interview with Tareq Abu Kwaik
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…
Heather Raffo on Noura
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 …
Tangier International Conference for 2016: The Narrative Turn in Contemporary Theatre
Tangier International Conference for 2016 “The Narrative Turn in Contemporary Theatre” By Marvin Carlson Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall, 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
The 12th annual international conference organized in …
The Interwoven History of Moroccan Theatre
The Interwoven History of Moroccan Theatre An Essay by Jaouad Radouani Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
The interwoven history of Moroccan theatre is difficult to trace. Yet, thanks …
Abū-l-ʿIlā al-Salāmūnī: the Rewriting of History in Egyptian Theatre
Abū-l-ʿIlā al-Salāmūnī: the Rewriting of History in Egyptian Theatre An Essay by Tiran Manucharyan Arab Stages, Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall, 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication
The plays Riwāyat al-Nadīm ʿan hoogit al-zaʿīm (1974), …
Development of Diegetic Practices in Iranian Indigenous Performances: A Historical View
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 …
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
Introduction to A Crime on Restaurant…
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The 2016 Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre
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…
