The 2016 Journées Théâtrales de Carthage By Marvin Carlson Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
One of the most highly respected theatre festivals of the Arab world is the Journées Théâtrales …
Jawad Al-Assadi’s Women in War: Troubling, Troubled and Troublesome Female Refugees By Hadeel Abdelhameed Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Women in War (first published in 2003) is a play written …
A Drama of Unlived Stories: Old Child by GalataPerform By Eylem Ejder Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Founded in 2003 by Yeşim Özsoy, GalataPerform is one of the foremost theatre …
From Street to Stage: Hip-hop, the History of an Artification through the Example of Farid Berki By Omar Fertat Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
This essay follows my interests in …
Shahid Nadeem’s Acquittal in New York By Marvin Carlson Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Acquittal, a 1987 play by Shahid Nadeem, Pakistan’s leading playwright, was presented in New York …
The 1919 Revolution in the Eyes of Modern and Contemporary Egyptian Theatre Directors: A Reflection of a Generation Gap By Hadia abd el-fattah Ahmed Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Historical …
The Mysteries Behind a Silenced Voice: Review of Betty Shamieh’s The Strangest By Juan R. Recondo Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Semitic Root’s production of Betty Shamieh’s The Strangest, …
Iranian Theatre as Means of Intervention: The Intercultural Discourse in Hey! Macbeth, only the first dog knows why it is barking! By Sepideh Shokri Poori Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Why are we here now? Mohammed al Attar's work Aleppo. A Portrait of Absence By Christel Weiler Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
For a period of three weekends in the fall …
The Theatrical Work Mchouga-Maboul: A Plunge into Moroccan Memory By Lalla Nouzha Tahiri Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
The author of this work is playwright Simon Elbaz, who is a native …
The 24th Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre By Marvin Carlson Arab Stages, Volume 7 (Fall, 2017) ©2017 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
Long-time observers of the Cairo Theatre scene will remember that in 2011, after …
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