The Selected Works of Yussef El Guindi : Back of the Throat / Our Enemies
Subtitle: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat / Language Rooms / Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World / Threesome
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: Jan 10, 2019
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781350057173
Description: "Contemporary Arab American playwright Yussef El Guindi's works focus on the Arab/Muslim experience in the United States. In particular, his plays deal with the complex issues of Arabophobia, Islamophobia, media orientalism and bi-cultural issues faced by both immigrants and second-generation Arab Americans. The plays featured in this collection are: Back of the Throat Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat Language Rooms Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World Threesome The anthology also includes a range of supplementary material, designed to contextualise the work of El Guindi and support its use by students: - a foreword by Silk Road Rising Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Torange Yeghiazarian, Artistic Director, Golden Thread Productions - an introduction by Professor Michael Malek Najjar - production stills of productions of El Guindi's plays - a bonus essay by El Guindi titled 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Meet Abdallah and Ahmed: Musings about Arabs and Muslims in American Theatre' - an annotated timeline of the work of Yussef El Guindi"--
Notes: Source title: The Selected Works of Yussef El Guindi: Back of the Throat / Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat / Language Rooms / Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World / Threesome