New writing based on the fables of Kalila wa Dimna, one of the masterpieces of Eastern culture. Intended originally as a book of the Council for Kings--literally, a -mirror- for princes--these subtle and philosophical animal fables to this day carry immense significance to all sections of Arab and Persian society.
New writing based on the fables of Kalila wa Dimna, one of the masterpieces of Eastern culture. Intended originally as a book of the Counci...
Sulayman Al Bassam is one of the world's leading contemporary dramatists. His adaptations of Shakespeare, performed around the world, have won many awards and met with widespread acclaim on four continents.
This volume brings together for the first time three of Al Bassam's adaptations of Shakespearean plays - including versions of Hamlet, Richard III and Twelfth Night - collectively known as The Arab Shakespeare Trilogy.
The Al-Hamlet Summit sees the familiar characters of Hamlet reborn as delegates placed in a conference room in an...
Sulayman Al Bassam is one of the world's leading contemporary dramatists. His adaptations of Shakespeare, performed around the world, have won many...
A desert. A border. A remote petrol station within earshot of civil war. This vividly imagined twilight zone provides the background for a familial standoff in which the crimes, secrets, and broken loves of one generation make violent claims on the lives of the next as two half-brothers vie for favours and allegiance from their ageing father.
A desert. A border. A remote petrol station within earshot of civil war. This vividly imagined twilight zone provides the background for a familial st...
