Orientalische Literatur

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Los venerados poetas y filósofos persas de los siglos XIII y XIV, tales como Saadi o Hafez, escribían poemas líricos llamados ghazal, que narraban historias de amor en todo su esplendor y drama. El amor descrito era diferente al concepto occidental del amor. Los ghazales hablaban sobre separación y dolor que exigían entrega absoluta y total sacrificio.Felices y Coloridos Sueños, Señor es una adaptación contemporánea de los poemas líricos de antaño. Es una obra llena de metáforas y simbolismo. Nos lleva hasta una isla donde un mágico chamán, un desafortunado pero misterioso incapacitado, una hermosa joven y una cocinera de galletas encantadas se enfrentan a un dilema que requiere una solución.Esta es una obra que invita a la reflexión, y a su vez es sumamente simple en su narración. Cualquier lector que se haya enamorado se identificará con los peligros y perjuicios que un dolor tal puede ocasionar. Le dejará reflexionando sobre la compleja situación sentimental a la que todos debemos enfrentarnos de forma inevitable.La primera traducción al español de la obra de Masoud Shakarami, dramaturgo y actor ganador de varios reconocimientos, promete divertir y deleitar."Solo hay una forma de comprender un ghazal, y no es estudiándolo durante años, visitando diferentes países o siéndonos familiares grandes poetas. Para comprender un ghazal basta con beber vino y ENAMORARSE."Así que sírvase un vaso y sumérjase en una obra que no trata sino de amor.

What makes a home for you?<BR><BR>Victor Esses is Jewish-Lebanese, Brazilian, and gay. In 1975, Victor's mother flees Lebanon as a refugee of the Civil War. In 2017, Victor visits Lebanon for the first time. In 2018, amidst the elections that will see Brazil choose a far-right president, he travels from London to São Paulo to show his partner the city of his childhood.<BR><BR>Where to Belong is the tender, moving story of these journeys - an exploration of how to find your place in a rich and complex world of identities.

In Arab circles in the Dutch East Indies in the 1930s, plays were staged not only to entertain but also to educate and to further the emancipation of the traditionally oriented Arab minority. Some plays were well received, others evoked protests. Fatimah was one of the plays which stirred up commotion, inciting riots throughout Java. The play and accompanying events make clear which kind of norms and values governed relations within the community and what kind of frustrations and aspirations members of the minority experienced. Original text of the play included.

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A bold and singular collection of six plays by Arab and Jewish playwrights explores the human toll of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Admission by Motti Lerner, Scenes From 70* Years by Hannah Khalil, Tennis in Nablus by Ismail Khalidi, Urge for Going by Mona Mansour, The Victims by Ken Kaissar, and The Zionists by Zohar Tirosh-Polk. Rather than striving to achieve balance and moral equivalency between "competing" narratives, the plays investigate themes of identity, justice, occupation, exile, history and homeland with honesty and integrity. The plays do not "take sides" or adhere to ideological orthodoxies but challenge tribalism and narrow definitions of nationalism, while varying widely in thematic content, dramatic structure, and time and place. Where politicians and diplomats fail, artists and storytellers may yet succeed--not in ratifying a peace treaty between Israel and Palestine, but in building the sort of social and political connectivity that enables resolution.

An action-adventure about a mission behind enemy lines during the Gulf War. "Action sequences that offer a straight-faced microcosm of U S blundering in Iraq ... Hilarious scenes limning the hell-yeah, know-nothing spirit that many fear now dominates our military personnel ... Like an eccentric novella that holds attention ... [A] half queer Casablanca homage, half American-policy-in-Iraq docudrama that is perversely interesting. Fisher is a kick." -Dennis Harvey, Variety "Witty, thought-provoking and inventive ... Engrossing and entertaining." -Rob Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle "Low-key hilarity, understated and allusive wit, unexpected grace, and distant but bitter sadness in this canny exploration of war through the prism of gender." -Robert Avila, Bay Guardian "A sobering tale of modern combat in which romantic notions of war are trammeled ... SPECIAL FORCES is designed to be lean and mean, much as the current Iraq war was conceived to be. But unlike the war, the play actually succeeds in its terseness." -Richard Dodds, Bay Area Reporter

Mohammed is an Arab in love with Iris, a Jewish soldier of 18 years defending the State of Israel. Will he experience the happiness of a love fulfilled or will he experience the tragedy of rejection and be engulfed in an excruciating tragic end?In his second play, H. C. Kim explores the themes of love and sorrow. Like his first play, Ping Pong: A Play about American College Life, Jewish Being centralizes the idea of the power of love. Love is the most awesome phenomena in the world. However, as wonderful as love is, passion cannot be separated from its context. Often, social circumstances add sorrow to love. How will Mohammed's social environment impact him and his love?Follow the intricate web of complications as Mohammed and Iris explore themselves and the world around them. You will find yourself cheering, hoping, wishing....