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SEGAL TALKS: Liwaa Yazji
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SEGAL TALKS: Liwaa Yazji
An update on the situation for theatre artists in Syria
Friday 26 June 2020
Syria
A performance of Mawlana
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A performance of Mawlana
The VORTEX in Austin, Texas
Saturday 6 October 2018
Austin, TX, United States
Letters from Canadians to Americans
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Letters from Canadians to Americans
Majdi Bou-Matar
by Majdi Bou-Matar
21 February 2017
Liwaa Yazji.
SEGAL TALKS: Liwaa Yazji
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SEGAL TALKS: Liwaa Yazji

An update on the situation for theatre artists in Syria

Friday 26 June 2020
Syria

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented SEGAL TALKS: Liwaa Yazji livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 26 June 2020 at 9 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC -5) / 12 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 17:00 BST (London, UTC +1) / 18:00 CEST (Berlin, UTC +2).

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A performance of Mawlana
The VORTEX
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A performance of Mawlana

The VORTEX in Austin, Texas

Saturday 6 October 2018
Austin, TX, United States

Canopy Theatre, in partnership with La Scéne Theatre from Aix-en-Provence, France, and The VORTEX in Austin, Texas, presents Mawlana livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 6 October at 6 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 20:10 GMT+1 (London).

Letters from Canadians to Americans
Essay

Letters from Canadians to Americans

Majdi Bou-Matar

21 February 2017

In the second installment of this series—a collaboration with SpiderWebShow—Majdi Bou-Matar writes about the power and relevance of a Canadian production featuring the work of two Syrian immigrant artists.

Is Art the Best Way to Tell the Truth? /الرجاء النزول لقراءة المقال باللغة العربية
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Is Art the Best Way to Tell the Truth? / الرجاء النزول لقراءة المقال باللغة العربية

28 September 2016

Wael Qadour describes creating a piece of theatre with young people living in northern Jordan.  

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Voices Unheard: The Syria: Trojan Women Summit from Amman, Jordan & Washington DC
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The Lab at Georgetown
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Voices Unheard: The Syria: Trojan Women Summit from Amman, Jordan & Washington DC

Friday 19 September 2014
Amman, Jordan & Washington, D.C., United States

The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and the Syria: The Trojan Women Project in Amman, Jordan presented a conversation livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 19 September at 4:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles)/ 7:30 p.m. EDT (Washington DC)/ 23:30 GMT / 2:30 a.m. AST (Amman, Jordan on Saturday, September 20) / 9:30 a.m. AEST (Sydney, Australia on Saturday, September 20).

Listening for Unheard Voices—Syria
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Listening for Unheard Voices—Syria

The Trojan Women

18 September 2014

Derek Goldman offers an overview of the production of Syria: The Trojan Women.