Feature: Who Was Muhammad Al-Maghout?

PRESENTER

Nisrine Shehadeh

ORIGINAL CITY

Beirut

Original Date

October 6, 2019

Description

This presentation dives into three famous Syrian plays, which were written by Mohammad al-Maghout and starred Doreid Lahham. The plays provide a satiric exploration of the many challenges faced by the Arab world during the mid-twentieth century. In particular, the plays examine how the tension between increasingly corrupt and unjust power and a disenfranchised citizenry impacts identity and attachment to the homeland.

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