| Tahrir Tales: Plays from the Egyptian Revolution Contributor(s): Albakry, Mohammed (Translator), Maggor, Rebekah (Translator) |
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ISBN: 085742341X ISBN-13: 9780857423412 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Drama |
| LCCN: 2016319581 |
| Series: In Performance |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 7.6" (1.10 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The ten plays in this collection offer unprecedented grassroots perspectives on the jubilation, terror, hope, and heartbreak of mass uprising as seen during and in the wake of the Tahrir Square demonstrations. Collectively tracing events as they unfolded in Egypt from the last days of Hosni Mubarak's regime through Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's ascendance to the presidency, the plays present a picture of Egypt in the midst of epochal change, with all the attendant fear, hope, and uncertainty. Ranging from naturalism to documentary to more avant-garde representations, the plays collected in Tahrir Tales represent contemporary Egyptian drama at its most interesting, and, not coincidentally, most politically, committed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Albakry, Mohammed: - Mohammed Albakry is professor of English and applied linguistics at Middle Tennessee State University.Maggor, Rebekah: - Rebekah Maggor is assistant professor in the Department of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University. |