Tahrir Tales
Plays from the Egyptian Revolution
Distributed for Seagull Books
360 pages
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12 halftones
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6 x 7 1/2
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© 2016
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Translating Egyptian Drama for the Stage
Mohammed Albakry
Introduction
Rebekah Maggor
Disparity and Corruption
They Say Dancing is a Sin
Hany Abdel Naser and Mohamed Abdel Mu’iz
The Mirror
Yasmeen Eman (Shaghaf)
Collective Awakening
Tahrir Monologues
Sondos Shabayek and the BuSSY Project
The Window
Said Solaiman
Long Road to Change
Comedy of Sorrows
Ibrahim El-Husseini
In Search of Said Abu-Naga
Ahmed Hassan Al-Banna
Internal Crisis
Report on Revolutionary Circumstances
Magdy Ek Hamzawy
The Visit
Mohamed Marros
Sorrowful City
Ashraf Abdu
Unfinished Revolution
Taxi
Based on the novel by Khalid Al Khamissi
Egyptian Theatre in Context
The Fire and the Frying Pan: Censorship and Performance in Egypt
Nehad Selaiha
Translating Egyptian Drama for the Stage
Mohammed Albakry
Introduction
Rebekah Maggor
Disparity and Corruption
They Say Dancing is a Sin
Hany Abdel Naser and Mohamed Abdel Mu’iz
The Mirror
Yasmeen Eman (Shaghaf)
Collective Awakening
Tahrir Monologues
Sondos Shabayek and the BuSSY Project
The Window
Said Solaiman
Long Road to Change
Comedy of Sorrows
Ibrahim El-Husseini
In Search of Said Abu-Naga
Ahmed Hassan Al-Banna
Internal Crisis
Report on Revolutionary Circumstances
Magdy Ek Hamzawy
The Visit
Mohamed Marros
Sorrowful City
Ashraf Abdu
Unfinished Revolution
Taxi
Based on the novel by Khalid Al Khamissi
Egyptian Theatre in Context
The Fire and the Frying Pan: Censorship and Performance in Egypt
Nehad Selaiha
Review Quotes
The Drama Review
"Tahrir Tales promises an invaluable teaching and dramaturgical resource."
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