Amazing Acrobatics of Language: The Theatre of Yussef El Guindi

• Main Author: Anneka Esch-van Kan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Göttingen University Press 2008-12-01
• Series: American Studies Journal
• Subjects: Arab American; literature; U.S.; United States; Egypt; theatre; drama
• Online Access: http://www.asjournal.org/archive/52/157.html

Despite the importance of minority rights movements and literatures of migration within the last century’s history of the humanities, no light has been shed so far on the life and arts of Arab Americans. While there is a tradition of Arab American writers and poets, it is often claimed that ‘Arab American Theatre’ was born on September 11. This article will start from general reflections on the development and forms of Arab American theatre in the United States and will in its main body concentrate on the works of Egyptian-born playwright Yussef El Guindi.