On Being Desi
diaspora, Middle East, New York City, South Asian, Theatre
In the last 10 months I have found myself doing a lot of South Asian work. The only other time I worked on a South Asian piece was in 2013…
Category: Middle East
What America Means to Me
America, Election 2020, Florida, London, Middle East, New York City
It’s a dangerous myth, one still peddled across the world, and it’s a myth that is a terrible lie. I know that is implied in the word ‘myth’, but a myth relies on faith and belief and once disproved it becomes that heinous thing: a lie.
And America is a lie.
What’s in a Name.
America, Beirut, Family, Florida, Life in General, London, Middle East, New York City, Politics, Race, Theatre, Writing
A few years ago, while I was living and working in London, I wrote a short play for the Old Red Lion Theatre called ‘A is for Ali’. It was…
Brown in Beirut: Back2Roots – Day 6 – Take me to the Water
Beirut, Middle East, Plays, Theatre, Writing, Zoukak Theatre
Three things in nature have a tendency to reset my brain: Walking along the coast of an ocean (preferably with my feet being kissed by the ebbing waves). A thunderstorm…
Brown in Beirut: Back2Roots – Day 5 – In the Ghetto
Beirut, Middle East, Theatre, Writing
I smell like basterma. More on that later. You will notice there was no update for Day 4. And there shan’t be. The city took it’s toll on me and…
Brown in Beirut: Back2Roots – Day 3 – Epigenetic Existensialism
Beirut, Middle East, Plays, Theatre, Writing
This post, and the accompanying video, are coming late because last night my wifi connection dropped completely. Seems my AirBnB host doesn’t have unlimited wifi (note: check on this for…
Brown in Beirut: Back2Roots – Day 2 – Politics and Theatre
Beirut, Middle East, Plays, Theatre, Writing
I’m feeling oddly jet lagged even though there is only a 2-hour time difference between Beirut and London. I couldn’t sleep until about 4AM and woke up about 11:15AM and…
Brown in Beirut: Back2Roots – Day 1 – A City on a Fence
Beirut, Middle East, Plays, Theatre, Writing
I can sum up what I’m about to talk about in this post through my experience of getting dinner tonight: I opted to walk to a place nearby because I…
Brown in Beirut: Back2Roots – The First Night
Beirut, Middle East, Plays, Theatre, Writing
I’m going to do my best to keep up with blogging daily as a partner piece to the videos I’ll be posting, but the wifi here is slow and I…
An Awakening
Nahda is an interesting beast in my zoo of plays because it is actually made up of four pre-existing short plays or ‘visions’ (three of which were performed elsewhere and…