DECOLONIZING SARAH: A HURRICANE PLAY. Written and directed by Samer Al-Saber. Uprising Theater at The Den Theatre, Chicago. April 1, 2023.
Reviewed by George Potter, Valparaiso University
In the middle of Samer Al-Saber’s play Decolonizing Sarah: A Hurricane Play…
HOTTER THAN EGYPT. By Yussef El Guindi. Directed by John Langs. ACT, Seattle. February 5, 2022.
Reviewed by Malek Najjar, University of Oregon
Yussef El Guindi’s play Hotter Than Egypt explores the lives of two couples, one American and …
ARMS AND THE MAN. By George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Hassan Hajiyah. Produced by Staged in Kuwait (SIK), Kaifan Theatre, Kuwait City. March 24, 2022.
Reviewed by Katherine Hennessey
(Review commissioned and edited by Edward Ziter)
First produced in 1894, …
Jogging. Written and Directed by Hanane Hajj Ali. 2022 Festival d’Avignon. July 20-26, 2022.
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Milk. Written and Directed by Bashar Murkus. Produced by Khashabi Theatre (Haifa), 2022 Festival d’Avignon. July 10-16, 2022.
Reviewed by Philippa Wehle.
In the Fall …
SHAKESPEARE ON THE ARABIAN PENINSULA. By Katherine Hennessey. London: Palgrave, 2018; pp. 340 +xxi.
Reviewed by George Potter, Valparaiso University.
In English language writing, the Arabian Peninsula is primarily constructed as a site for politics and economics. As I write …
MIDDLE EASTERN AMERICAN THEATRE: COMMUNITIES, CULTURES AND ARTISTS. By Michael Malek Najjar. Methuen Drama Critical Companions. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 2021; pp. 237 + xii
Reviewed by Robert Myers, American University of Beirut
Even for those who have been paying close …
