Ishtar in Baghdad - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ishtar in Baghdad write by Rasha Fadhil. This book was released on . Ishtar in Baghdad available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A dark play created in the shadow of the shocking revelations from Abu Ghraid. The Mesopotamian gods Ishtar and Tammuz, representing the ancient culture of Iraq, appalled by the current destruction and suffering, come down to earth to restore life and beauty."--
Contemporary Plays from Iraq
Contemporary Plays from Iraq - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contemporary Plays from Iraq write by A. Al-Azraki. This book was released on 2017-01-12. Contemporary Plays from Iraq available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contemporary Plays from Iraq is a ground-breaking collection of Middle Eastern drama translated into English for the very first time. With works from both established and emerging male and female playwrights, written in country and in exile, this volume offers current Iraqi perspectives on a war and occupation that have significantly impacted the Middle East and the rest of the world. Dealing exclusively with contemporary plays originating from Iraq, this anthology gives under-studied Arabic political theatre the attention it deserves and provides a general introduction that sets the plays within their cultural and historical contexts. The plays are preceded by introductions from the playwrights themselves, further enriching each piece for the enjoyment and understanding of the reader. The volume is introduced and translated by James Al-Shamma, Assistant Professor at Belmont University, US, and A. Al-Azraki, an Iraqi playwright.
Ishtar Coming
Ishtar Coming - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ishtar Coming write by Mahir Salih. This book was released on 2020-07-13. Ishtar Coming available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Amid the laughter and chatter of a glamorous garden party, two middle-aged women exchange false pleasantries, followed by sarcasm and insults. In a flash, they are wrestling on the lawn, scratching and biting as the horrified guests look on. This is 1980s Iraq. The war with Iran is in full swing, but Baghdad’s party-going elites are more concerned with gossip, infidelity, fashion and feuds. Among them is Loma, a dutiful wife troubled by dark secrets. She is pursued by Selma, a sharp-tongued diva with a thirst for revenge. Meanwhile, an American spy seeks to infiltrate government circles, breaking hearts and shredding lives in the process. Desperate for some advantage in their game of life and death, the women of Baghdad invoke shadowy forces. But can they control the powers they’ve unleashed?This action-packed novel lays bare the pain and passions of Iraqi women in a time of political paranoia.
The Iraqi Nights
The Iraqi Nights - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Iraqi Nights write by Dunya Mikhail. This book was released on 2014-05-27. The Iraqi Nights available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A stunning new collection by one of Iraq’s brightest poetic voices The Iraqi Nights is the third collection by the acclaimed Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail. Taking The One Thousand and One Nights as her central theme, Mikhail personifies the role of Scheherazade the storyteller, saving herself through her tales. The nights are endless, seemingly as dark as war in this haunting collection, seemingly as endless as war. Yet the poet cannot stop dreaming of a future beyond the violence of a place where “every moment / something ordinary / will happen under the sun.” Unlike Scheherazade, however, Mikhail is writing, not to escape death, but to summon the strength to endure. Inhabiting the emotive spaces between Iraq and the U.S., Mikhail infuses those harsh realms with a deep poetic intimacy. The author’s vivid illustrations — inspired by Sumerian tablets — are threaded throughout this powerful book.
Baghdad & Points East
Baghdad & Points East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Baghdad & Points East write by Robert Joseph Casey. This book was released on 1928. Baghdad & Points East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
