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Author : Saʻd Allāh Wannūs
Release : 2014
Genre : Drama
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Book Rating : 084/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Four Plays from Syria by : Saʻd Allāh Wannūs
Download or read book Four Plays from Syria written by Saʻd Allāh Wannūs. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four full-length plays from the leading Syrian dramatist of the twentieth century, published in English for the first time.
Author : Sa'dallah Wannous
Release : 2019-03-26
Genre : Drama
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Book Rating : 347/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sentence to Hope by : Sa'dallah Wannous
Download or read book Sentence to Hope written by Sa'dallah Wannous. This book was released on 2019-03-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major English-language collection of plays and essays by Syrian playwright Sa'dallah Wannous Sa'dallah Wannous is acknowledged to be one of the Arab world's most significant playwrights, writers, and intellectuals of the twentieth century. This is the first major English-language collection that brings together his most significant plays and essays. Selections include the groundbreaking 1969 play An Evening's Entertainment for the Fifth of June, a scathing indictment of the duplicity of Arab leaders during the 1967 War, as well as Wannous's most celebrated play, Rituals of Signs and Transformations, a bold treatment of homosexuality, prostitution, clerical corruption, and the quest for female liberation. In addition to his work as a playwright, Wannous, like Brecht, was an astute theatrical and cultural critic, and his essays, some of which are included here, offer shrewd diagnoses of the ills of Arab society and the essential role of theater in ameliorating them.
Author : Marvin Carlson
Release : 2008
Genre : Drama
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Book Synopsis Four Plays from North Africa by : Marvin Carlson
Download or read book Four Plays from North Africa written by Marvin Carlson. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four modern plays from the Maghreb, the Northwestern part of Africa.
Author : Mike Thomson
Release : 2019-08-20
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 616/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Syria's Secret Library by : Mike Thomson
Download or read book Syria's Secret Library written by Mike Thomson. This book was released on 2019-08-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable story of a small, makeshift library in the town of Daraya, and the people who found hope and humanity in its books during a four-year siege. Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another world. Besieged by government forces early in the Syrian Civil War, its people were deprived of food, bombarded by heavy artillery, and under the constant fire of snipers. But deep beneath this scene of frightening devastation lay a hidden library. While the streets above echoed with shelling and rifle fire, the secret world below was a haven of books. Long rows of well-thumbed volumes lined almost every wall: bloated editions with grand leather covers, pocket-sized guides to Syrian poetry, and no-nonsense reference books, all arranged in well-ordered lines. But this precious horde was not bought from publishers or loaned by other libraries--they were the books salvaged and scavenged at great personal risk from the doomed city above. The story of this extraordinary place and the people who found purpose and refuge in it is one of hope, human resilience, and above all, the timeless, universal love of literature and the compassion and wisdom it fosters.
Author : Aeham Ahmad
Release : 2021-03-30
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 502/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Pianist from Syria by : Aeham Ahmad
Download or read book The Pianist from Syria written by Aeham Ahmad. This book was released on 2021-03-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An astonishing yet true account of a pianist's life in war-torn Syria and his ultimate escape to Germany offers a deeply personal perspective on the most devastating refugee crisis of this century. Aeham Ahmad was born a second-generation refugee--the son of a blind violinist and carpenter who recognized Aeham's talent and taught him how to play piano and love music from an early age. When his grandparents and father were forced to flee Israel and seek refuge from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 1948, Aeham's family built a life in Yarmouk, an unofficial refugee camp to more than 160,000 Palestinians in Damascus. While waiting for the conflict to be resolved so that they could return to their homeland, they raised a new generation in Syria. But another fight overtook their asylum. Their only havens were in music and each other. In his escape from Syria, Aeham sought out a safe place for him and his family to call home and build a better future. Heart-wrenching though full of hope, and told in a raw and poignant voice, The Pianist from Syria is a gripping portrait of one man's search for a peaceful life and of a country being torn apart as the world watches in horror."--Jacket.
