Activity Type:
Lecture
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Date:
Friday, March 18, 2016 - 12:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
Studio Theatre in the Cathedral's Basement
Cost:
Free
Lameeci Issaq is the founding director of the Noor Theater, which is dedicated to supporting, developing and producing the work theatre artists of Middle Eastern Descent. Ms. Issaq will be reading from the play Nahda: Five Visions of an Arab Awakening. Who is the Arab today? Five visions explores modern Middle Eastern identities in the West, including the parental obligation of naming a child to survive post-9/11 America.
UCIS Unit:
Global Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors:
University of Pittsburgh's Stages
World Regions:
Middle East