TY - BOOK AU - Raffo,Heather AU - Najjar,Michael Malek AU - Raffo,Heather AU - Raffo,Heather AU - Raffo,Heather TI - Heather Raffo's Iraq plays: the things that can't be said : 9 Parts of desire ; Fallujah ; Noura SN - 1350145165 AV - PS3618.A378 R344 2021 PY - 2021/// CY - London, New York, NY PB - Methuen Drama/ Bloomsbury Publishing Plc KW - Women KW - Iraq KW - Social conditions KW - Drama N1 - P.B; Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172); Foreword / Joanna Settle -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Michael Malek Najjar -- THE PLAYS. 9 parts of desire -- Fallujah -- Noura -- Glossary of Arabic terms and phrases -- Afterword: "The things that can't be said" / Heather Raffo -- Critical essay: "Listening to the soul of rapture - and difference in Heather Raffo's Iraqi-American trilogy" / Maya Roth -- Annotated timeline of the life and works of Heather Raffo -- Bibliography N2 - A trilogy of plays by renowned Iraqi American playwright/performer Heather Raffo including '9 Parts of Desire', 'Fallujah', and 'Noura'. In these three works Raffo explores the indelible effects of war on Iraqis, Americans, and the refugees caught between the two cultures. When considered together, these three works give voice to nearly two decades of rarely examined traumas that have reshaped cultural and national identity for both Americans and Iraqis since the events of 9/11.8 ER -