Inside/outside : six plays from Palestine and the diaspora

642 Pages·2015·1.349 MB·English, English

by  Ismail Khalidi & Naomi Wallace & Nathalie Handal

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Introduction is copyright © 2015 by Nathalie Handal
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Epigraph: “Mahmoud Darwish: Hope as Home in the Eye of
the Storm,” Ashwani Saith, ISIM Review 15 (Spring 2005),
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Inside/outside : six plays from Palestine and the diaspora /
edited by Ismail Khalidi,
Naomi Wallace ; introduction by Nathalie Handal.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-55936-798-1 (ebook)
1. Arab-Israeli conflict—Drama. 2. Palestinians—Drama. 3.
American drama—Palestinian American authors. 4. American
drama—21st century. 5. English drama—Palestinian Arab
authors. 6. English drama—21st century. 7. Arabic
drama—Palestine—Translations into English. 8. Arabic
drama—21st century—Translations into English. I. Khalidi,
Ismail, editor. II. Wallace, Naomi, editor.
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PN6120.A76I57 2015
808.82’989274—dc23 2015009938
Cover design, book design and composition by Lisa Govan
Cover art: “Tapestry of Life,” 2013 (mixed media on canvas)
by Nabil Anani
First Edition, June 2015
Tennis in Nablus is copyright © 2015 by Ismail Khalidi.
Representative: Ron Gwiazda, Abrams Artists Agency, 275
Seventh Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10001, (646)
486-4600.
Keffiyeh/Made in China is copyright © 2015 by Dalia Taha.
Representative: Rachel Taylor, Casarotto Ramsay and
Associates, Ltd., Waverley House, 7-12 Noel Street, London,
W1F 8GQ, [phone], [email protected].
Plan D is copyright © 2015 by Hannah Khalil.
Representative: Jessica Cooper, Curtis Brown, Haymarket
House, 28-29 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4SP, +44 (0) 20
7393 4400,[email protected].
Handala is copyright © 2015 by Abdelfattah Abusrour.
Representative c/o the author: [email protected].
Territories is copyright © 2015 by Betty Shamieh.
Representative: Ron Gwiazda, Abrams Artists Agency, 275
Seventh Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10001, (646)
486-4600.
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603 is copyright © 2015 by Imad Farajin. Representative c/o
the author: [email protected].
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This anthology is dedicated to
our Palestinian colleagues
who continue to create the kind of
vibrant, vital theater
we all need.
And to Juliano Mer-Khamis,
whose vision of resistance,
through love and theater,
has inspired so many.
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Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an
exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room. It’s not
simply a Palestinian question.
—Mahmoud Darwish
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CONTENTS
Preface
By Ismail Khalidi and Naomi Wallace
Introduction
By Nathalie Handal
TENNIS IN NABLUS
By Ismail Khalidi
KEFFIYEH/MADE IN CHINA
By Dalia Taha
PLAN D
By Hannah Khalil
HANDALA
Adapted by Abdelfattah Abusrour
TERRITORIES
By Betty Shamieh
603
By Imad Farajin
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