REORIENT THE WAY YOU SEE THE MIDDLE EAST WITH GOLDEN THREAD PRODUCTIONS (SEP. 10–OCT. 4) ReOrient Festival presents eight fully-produced short plays in two repertory series, including award–winning Iraqi-British playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak’s U.S. debut, new works by Middle East America winners Yussef El Guindi and Mona Mansour, as well as world premieres by emerging voices like Nahal Navidar. ReOrient Forum (Oct. 3 and 4) includes panels and presentations featuring artists, activists, and scholars from around the world. Festival includes a Fairytale Players Double Bill: Two family-friendly short plays inspired by Middle Eastern fables presented in one afternoon. Music lovers can enjoy Syrian-American soprano Saousan Jarjour’s reminagining of Arabic folk songs. “The annual cavalcade of short plays about the Middle East that has itself provided, in addition to a dependable variety of aesthetic pleasures, crucial space for public consideration and dialogue.” –Rob Avila, San Francisc
A blog by Stanford Lecturer Dr. Ramzi Salti spotlighting his Arabology radio show/podcast + cultural productions from the Arab world.