The Abu Dhabi Theatre. Source: Private collection of the author.

Parsing Disgraced: An Assault, A Critique, and A Truce By Jamil Khoury  Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 2 (Spring 2016)  ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication The staff at Silk Road Rising crafted a set of questions for me about Ayad Akhtar’s play Disgraced. I found them immensely cathartic to answer. Many of the ideas […]

Adham Hafez Company members Salma Abdel Salam, Mona Gamil, Alaa Abdellateef, and Charlene Ibrahim. All photos by Ian Douglas.

On Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced By Torange Yeghiazarian  Arab Stages, Volume 2, Number 2 (Spring 2016) ©2016 by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publication “I can’t help but feel conflicted when I hear Muslim audience members outraged at the way they feel they are being represented on stage, and hearing other audience members (mostly white) continuously quoting […]