Convening on Global Performance—9 Parts of Desire Post Show—Georgetown Univ—June 14, 2012
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2014-08-28

A portrait of the extraordinary (and ordinary) lives of a whole cross-section of Iraqi women: a sexy painter, a radical Communist, doctors, exiles, wives and lovers. This new Arabic-language adaptation of Heather Raffo’s heartbreaking work delves into the many conflicting aspects of what it means to be a woman in the age-old war zone that is Iraq. Iraqi actress Layla Mohammed (pictured at left) performs this one-woman show in conjunction with a historic residency of delegates from Baghdad University at Georgetown University. The New Yorker has called 9 Parts of Desire “an example of how art can remake the world.”

Performed in Arabic with English supertitles at Georgetown University, Washington DC.

Supported by the National Theater / Ministry of Culture of Iraq in cooperation with Baghdad University.



http://howlround.com/live-on-newplay-tv-thurs-june-14-a-new-iraqi-arabic-adaptation-of-9-parts-of-desire-by-heather-raffo

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