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 /

El Guindi, Yussef,

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 / edited and with an introduction by Michael Najjar. - pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Back of the throat -- Our enemies: lively scenes of love and combat -- Language rooms -- Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the new world -- Threesome -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern meet Abdallah and Ahmed: musings about Arabs and Muslims in American theater.

"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"--

9781472954091 9781350057173

2018033036


Arab Americans--Drama.
Muslims--United States--Drama.

PS3605.L14 / A6 2019

812/.6