
The 2015 Egyptian National Theatre Festival By Dalia Basiouny Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
The Egyptian National Theatre Festival started its eighth iteration with a full fare of …
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 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 …
In recent years, political migration has been one of the hottest topics in international politics. Its real moral complexity is often bypassed in the rush to make various nationalist assertions, while the pervasive media coverage spreads continuous quick images …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
J.T. Rogers’ Tony Award winning play, Oslo, gives us a front row seat to the secret backchannel negotiations that made the Oslo Accords possible. The Oslo Accords, signed in 1993 by representatives from both Israel and Palestine, offered hope …
Much Ado About “Theatre and Censorship Conference” By Dalia Basiouny Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 2015) ©2015 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications
The churnings of the second decade of the 21st century resulted in social …
“You cheer your team when they score a goal, yes? You wave the flag, you cheer your troops … And after you cheer you switch off the TV and forget. You forget what has been done. For you. In your …
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…
For a while, I have been interested in the ways how the contemporary theatre in Turkey deals with the current political situation, how theatre responds to and reflects the political turmoil which is being described with such language as “polarization,” …
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 …
Upon looking at Turkey from afar one can see several negative processes. The first thing that comes to our mind is imprisoned journalists, academics, politicians and artists. The Constitution which was passed after the 1980 coup still has the same …
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 …
The 2019 edition of the leading international theatre festival at Avignon offered two contributions from the Arab World among its featured presentations. These were Mahmoud & Nini , written and directed by Henri Jules Julien, from the Tarmac Theatre in …
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…
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 …
The Kusntenfestivaldesarts 2019 (Brussels) hosted several shows from Middle Eastern artists this year. Reflecting and sensitivity to presenting a diversity of shows from different cultures, shows from the Middle East are presented in each edition of this festival. They are …
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 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 …
“When asked about his opinion on the phenomenon of ‘political control of a population,’ Foucault responded, “. . .power had to gain access to the bodies of individuals, to their acts, attitudes, and modes of everyday behavior . . . …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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…
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 …