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.

Monday, April 30, 2012

Interview with Ashtar director on "Palestinian" Richard II

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Thanks to Marvin Carlson for pointing out this intelligent interview with Iman Aoun, artistic director of the Ashtar theatre group in Pale...

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

On "strife"

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Do a Google News search today for "Shakespeare" and "strife." There's nothing wrong with it. I'm just saying....

NYT reviews "R&J in Baghdad" in Baghdad

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The New York Times' Baghdad bureau has filed a sympathetic piece on Monadhil Daood's Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad. It's in the...

Monday, April 23, 2012

Ashtar's Richard II resonates in Jericho

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Thanks to Daniele Ranieri for sending me Reuters' excellent writeup on the reception of the Ashtar troupe's Richard II production ...

Sunday, April 22, 2012

"Leila and Ben" (timely Tunisian Macbeth)

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The National previews Lotfi Achour's Tunisian-themed Macbeth adaptation , premiering in London this July and playing Tunis in Septembe...

Mounir Abou Debs' Hamlet

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Just wanted to draw attention to ImproBeirut 's helpful comment on a much earlier post, alerting me to a photo just posted on the Mo...

Friday, April 20, 2012

All the world is RSC's stage

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More promo for the World Shakespeare Festival, now hyped as "the biggest Shakespeare festival ever" in this a Guardian intervi...

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