Shakespeare in the Arab World

On Shakespeare translations, productions, adaptations, spin-offs, and parodies in Arab countries as well as Arab-themed Shakespeare uses elsewhere. Comments and suggestions to arabshakespeare [at] gmail.com.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Early registration deadline for World Shakespeare Congress

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Prague! Shakespeare! Tuesday is your last chance for discounted early registration at the World Shakespeare Congress, to be held July 18-22...

Monday, May 23, 2011

Raja Shehadeh channels Hamlet

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I first began studying Arabic fourteen years ago in part because, on my first trip to San Francisco, I had randomly met Palestinian lawyer R...

Documentary about Al-Bassam's Richard III

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A documentary about the international tour of Al-Bassam's Richard III: An Arab Tragedy premiered last month. Would love to hear from an...

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Tanyus 'Abdu's "poetry" from Hamlet

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Some high-cultural aspirations to enliven your rainy Wednesday. These "poems" are from the slim 1925 diwan published shortly befo...

Al-Assadi's "Forget Hamlet" in Kuwait

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A production of Jawad Al-Assadi's "Insuu Hamlit" (first performed 1994 in Cairo, published 2000 in Beirut) directed by Issa Dh...

Friday, May 13, 2011

Abdo Wazen lecture in Sharjah: on Hamlet as monodrama

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Details here: http://www.emaratalyoum.com/life/four-sides/2011-05-12-1.391691 http://www.alittihad.ae/details.php?id=44927&y=2011 ht...

Monday, May 9, 2011

Tunisia "To be or not to be"

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Another 2B moment from the rhetoric of the Arab revolutions. This one's a Facebook group called Tunisie To be or not to be - شعب تونس ...

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