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Nora el Samahy
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Actor

Born in Tripoli, Libya and raised in Cairo, Egypt, Nora has been a part of the Bay Area Theatre community since 1998. She is a Resident Artist at Golden Thread Productions and a company member of Campo Santo. Nora has worked at Oregon Shakespeare Company, Portland Center Stage, Aurora Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, Crowded Fire, Magic Theatre, foolsFURY, Traveling Jewish Theatre, Theatre Rhinoceros, Shotgun Players, The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, African American Shakespeare Company, NYTW among others. In 2013 Atosa Babaoff, Beatrice Basso and Nora created a performance company called Affinity Project. She proudly served on the Board of Trustees with Golden Thread for nine years and was a founding member of MENATMA. 

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Podcast

Inside the ReOrient Festival: Short Plays and Long-Term Impact

21 May 2026

This episode is a deep dive into Golden Thread’s ReOrient Festival and the MENATMA convening, exploring how short plays, artistic experimentation, and community infrastructure shape the evolving landscape of Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwest Asian theatre in the United States.

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