Researching, Writing, Speaking
This non-exhaustive list doesn't contain publications preceding 2011 and publications not available in digital format.
Essays & Conversations
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Broadening the Conversation about Sustainability and International Collaboration in the Arts: Crossed perspectives from India, Bulgaria, the UK, Iran and the Gaza Strip, a series of podcast commissioned by the Flanders Arts Institute, 2023 (conversations and transcriptions in English)
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On Translating the Stories of Asylum Seekers: Reflections on the Dramaturgy of Reality, Reinventing the Margins, 2022 (in Arabic)
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A Tribute to Etel Adnan, Qisetna, 2021 (original in Arabic)
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Etel Adnan et L’Apocalypse arabe, in Catherine Coquio, Jean-Paul Engélibert et Raphaëlle Guidée (dirs.), Apocalypses, une imagination politique (XIXe-XXIe s.), coll. "La Licorne", Presses universitaires de Rennes, 201
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Syrian Theatrical Practices Beyond National Borders: A Conversation with Abdullah Al-Kafri and Simon Dubois, Syria Untold, 2021 (original in Arabic)
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Shubbak Festival; The First Ten Years - Conversation with Eckhard Thiemann, Shubbak - A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, 2021
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Conversations About Contemporary Cultural Practices: Syria as a Model (2017-2020), a series of podcast commissioned by Ettijahat-Independent Culture, 2020 (conversations in Arabic, English and French, with transcriptions in English and Arabic)
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The Day My Syrian Friend Wished She Were Chinese, The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, Medium, 2018
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You Have Seen Nothing in Syria, The Arts Journal, 2017
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The World as a Battlefield: The Migration of Contemporary Syrian Arts and the Prospects of Continuity in Hosting Countries, translated by: Karim Anani, Ettijahat-Independent Culture, 2015 (original in Arabic)
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Relocating Arab Arts and Cultural Practices in the Contemporary World, Roberto Cimetta Fund, 2015
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Exiled Scene(s): Anchors and Displacements of Syrian Theatre since 2011, keynote speech at IETM Plenary Meeting, Montpelier, 2014 (original in French)
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Le brin de paille qui brisa l'échine du chameau: Rencontre avec le réalisateur syrien Ossama Mohammed, Transeuropéennes, 2011
Contribution to collective research and publications
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In Search of Equal Partners: On Being a SWANA Artist and Cultural Worker in the EU, contribution to the research panel of "Engaging with SWANA/MENA cultural agents in the EU", Culture Action Europe, 2021
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Case Study on Theatre Translation between Europe and the Arab World, contribution to the mapping with a research on theatre translation between Arabic and European languages, Transeuropéennes, 2011-2012
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Locus Agonistes: Practices and Logics of the Civic, editor of Meeting Points 6 catalogue in collaboration with Paula Cook and Veerle Vanderleen, curated by Okwui Enwezor, 2011
Interviews
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Future Paths: A Review on a Constitutive Decade - Jumana Al-Yasiri, Ettijahat-Independent Culture, 2022 (conversation in Arabic)
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Jumana Al-Yasiri: Cultural Producer, interview by Tui McLean for Qisetna, 2021
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The role of theatre in society after the Arab spring's revolutions, interview in Arabic on France 24, 2017
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Art is important: Engaging D-CAF seminar spotlights the value of art, interview by Sara Elkamel for Ahram Online, 2014
Speaking Engagements (selection)
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Arab Council for Social Sciences - 6th Conference, Beirut, 2023
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Actes Sud & Institut du Monde arabe, Paris, 2022
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Festival Syrien n'est fait, Paris, 2022
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La Chartreuse - Centre national des écritures du spectacle, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, 2022
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The Culture Protection Fund & Shubbak Festival, London, online, 2021
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Sustaining Theatre and Dance Foundation, South Africa, online, 2020
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Shubbak Festival, London, 2019
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Reshape Forum, Lublin, 2019
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Moussem Nomadic Arts Centre, Brussels, 2019
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La Mama, New York, 2019
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Sharjah - UNESCO Prize for Arab Culture, Paris, 2019
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Le Phénix - Scène nationale, Valenciennes, 2018
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Pro Helvetia/Cross Roads, Basel, 2018
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Institut Français, New York, 2018
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Carthage Theatre Days, Tunis, 2016
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IETM Satellite Meeting in Beirut, 2016
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Landscapes of Hope, Ettijahat - Independent Culture & Action for Hope, Berlin, 2016
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Office national de Diffusion artistique, Paris, 2015
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Independent Mobility Funds in the Mediterranean & Central America’s Meeting, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 2015
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IETM Spring Plenary Meeting, Bergamo, 2015
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SEAAA Platform for Artistic and Cultural Mobility in South Europe, Arab World, Asia and Australia, Athens, 2015
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The Euro-Arab Relations and Local Cultural Development Seminar, Brussels, 2015
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IETM Spring Plenary Meeting, Montpelier, 2014
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Hiwarat - Arab Dramaturgy Conference, Marseille, 2013
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International Seminar of Theatre Translation, Montreal, 2013
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Guimaraes European Capital of Culture, 2012
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Les Ateliers de l'Institut Français, Marseille, 2011