Theatre

Arabic Was the Guest at This Year’s Avignon Festival

Arabic Was the Guest at This Year’s Avignon Festival

Arabic, France’s second-most spoken language, was featured at this year’s Avignon Festival, but is Arabic still the outsider's...

15 AUGUST 2025 • By Georgina Van Welie
Festival Arabesques Fetes Arab Arts for Cultural Diversity

Festival Arabesques Fetes Arab Arts for Cultural Diversity

Celebrating the 19th Rencontre des Arts du Monde Arabe, Festival Arabesques will be held from September 10 to...

30 AUGUST 2024 • By Laëtitia Soula
Wajdi Mouawad’s “Controversial” Wedding Day

Wajdi Mouawad’s “Controversial” Wedding Day

Al Jadid editor Elie Chalala finds that Lebanese intellectuals’ defense of expat director Wadji Mouawad contrasts with state...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Elie Chalala
The Return of Danton—a Play by Mudar Alhaggi & Collective Ma’louba

The Return of Danton—a Play by Mudar Alhaggi & Collective Ma’louba

A play about the French Revolution highlights the experiences of Syrian actors and theatre makers as artists in...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Mudar Alhaggi
Noor and Hadi Go to Hogwarts—a Short Play

Noor and Hadi Go to Hogwarts—a Short Play

Lameece Issaq presents a short play borrowing a popular fantasy world.

7 JUNE 2024 • By Lameece Issaq
Messages From Gaza Now

Messages From Gaza Now

A Gazan theatre artist, constantly endangered by the onslaught of Israeli planes, drones and bombs, writes from the...

11 DECEMBER 2023 • By Hossam Madhoun
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