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.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Juba Arabic Cymbeline tries to come home

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Even the "As seen at Shakespeare's Globe" label doesn't seem to guarantee success... An improbable sight can be witnes...

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Palestinian-themed Merchant of Venice in the Netherlands (scholarly article)

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An article by Jessica Apolloni in this month's Shakespeare Bulletin examines a Moroccan-Dutch author's Palestine-themed Merchant...

Sunday, March 17, 2013

"Leila & Ben" in Tunisia

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Once again, a London premiere is key to a successful staging in the play's original (?) intended context. Check out coverage of Lotfi ...

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

"To be or not to be an Israeli Arab"

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Just came across this 2010 essay in Comparative Literature : " To Be or Not to Be an Israeli Arab: Sayed Kashua and the Prospect of Mi...

"Alas, poor Syria"!

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This editorial cartoon by Habib Haddad just ran in Al-Hayat . Poor Syria takes the place of the skull. It's macabre and effective, pa...

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Bashar as "Brutus or Macbeth"

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Franklin Lamb at Countercurrents writes of Bashar al-Asad's most recent non-concession speech , delivered in operatic style at the Dama...

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

And now Arafat as Hamlet's father's ghost

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Was Yasser Arafat "poisoned in the garden for his estate"? What's sure is that his ghost still stalks the Middle East. Thus ...

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