By Eylem Ejder
This is the second part of a conversation series I initiated in June 2019 in order to make the young, creative and critical voices of theatre and performing arts in Turkey more visible and audible. I hope …
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In Memoriam: Lenin El Ramly (1945-2020)
By Girgis Shoukry
Translated by Dalia Basiouny
Lenin El Ramly did not engage with the theatre community’s debates about forms of stage writing, origins of Egyptian theatre, theories, festivals, or even awards. Instead he focused his writing on the Egyptian …
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Refraction, against distortion. Recent tendencies on the Arab stage
By Daniela Potenza
While Egypt was still in revolt, especially in 2011, some plays emerged as a continuation of the revolution.[1] Acclaimed performances, such as Dalia Basiouny’s Solitaire, and Laila Soliman’s No Time for Art were sincere expressions …
Nehad Selaiha (1945-2017): On Egyptian and International Theatre Free PDF’s of Five Volumes of Theatre Criticism + Sample Essays
The Egyptian scholar Nehad Selaiha, who died in 2017, has long been recognized as the leading theatre critic of the Arab World. In 2003 and 2004 she selected around 300 out of the several thousand essays on Arab and international …
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Events from the Arab/Islamic World at the 2019 PRELUDE Festival, New York
Sanaz Ghajar, Iranian Girlfriend (October 3)
PRELUDE 2019, the sixteenth annual Prelude Festival presented by the Martin E. Segal Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and co-curated by Sanaz Ghajar and David Bruin with the theme Riotous Excursions, enjoyed …
