UPLOADER’S NOTE: THE BOOK IS SCANNED TWO PAGES IN ONE, WHEN PRINTED, IT IS SMOOTH TO READ.
This groundbreaking anthology is a collection of new plays by American writers of a variety of Middle Eastern backgrounds, from artists born in Egypt and Iran, to Israeli and Palestinian Americans. These plays—written in a diversity of theatrical styles ranging from lyrical drama to satiric comedy—are personal and political, fresh and important. They represent artists negotiating the complexities of Middle Eastern identity in America, while dealing with the ravages of war and violence in their families’ homelands.Included are:Ten Acrobats in an Amazing Leap of Faithby Yussef el-GuindiBetween Our Lipsby Nathalie HandalNine Parts of Desireby Heather RaffoThe Black Eyedby Betty ShamiehCall Me Mehdiby Torange YeghiazarianBrowntownby Samir YounisDesert Sunriseby Misha ShulmanHolly Hillis the author ofPlaying JoanandActors’ Lives, published by Theatre Communications Group. A critic and feature writer published widely in the United States and United Kingdom, Hill was the former New York theater correspondent forThe Timesof London and the director of the Arabic Theater Project from 1997 to 2000.Dina Aminis the assistant professor of Arab Literature & Culture and Theatre at Villanova University. She directs in the United States and Egypt, in Arabic and English. Amin has published in major academic journals and has translated a number of Arabic plays into English.
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