Plays from the Arab World

A collection of five extraordinary plays exploring and reflecting contemporary life across the Near East and North Africa

In 2007 the Royal Court Theatre's International Department and the British Council embarked on an ambitious project working with twenty-one writers from across the Near East and North Africa

Seven of the resultant plays received rehearsed readings at the Royal Court Theatre, London

This volume collects five of these unique new voices, each posing different but equally urgent questions

The five Plays are ...

Withdrawal ~ Mohammad Al Attar (Syria)
603 ~ Imad Farajin (Palestine)
Damage ~ Kamal Khalladi (Morocco)
The House ~ Arzé Khodr (Lebanon)
Egyptian Products ~ Laila Soliman (Egypt)