Inside / Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora

Publisher Marketing: These plays are a cosmos of mindscapes, vast and varied in beauty, theme, style and form... And despite their multiplicity in accents, cultures and nationalities, they have an unyielding collective voice. - Nathalie Handal, from the Introduction Includes: "Tennis in Nablus" by Ismail Khalidi"Keffiyeh/Made in China" by Dalia Taha"Plan D" by Hannah Khalil"Handala" by Abdelfattah Abusrour"Territories" by Betty Shamieh"603" by Imad Farajin The first collection of its kind, "Inside/Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora" brings together work by six dynamic Palestinian playwrights from both occupied Palestine and the Diaspora. These plays take on Palestinian history and culture with irreverence, humor and, above all, an electrifying creativity. This anthology is a vital contribution to world theater, introducing six politically, socially and culturally relevant plays by Palestinian authors. Naomi Wallace (editor) is an American playwright whose plays include "One Flea Spare," "The Fever Chart" and "The Liquid Plain." Ms. Wallace is a current Residency One playwright at Signature Theatre in New York. She divides her time between England and the U. S. Ismail Khalidi (editor) is a Palestinian American poet and playwright. His plays include "Tennis in Nablus," "Truth Serum Blues" and "Sabra Falling." Mr. Khalidi was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and received his MFA from NYU s Tisch School of the Arts. He lives in Chile." Contributor Bio:  Wallace, Naomi Naomi Wallace is from Kentucky. She was a 1999 recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, the grant popularly known as the genius award. A published poet in both England and The United States, she has also received grants from The Kentucky Foundation for Women and The Kentucky Arts Council and a 1997 NEA grant for poetry. Contributor Bio:  Handal, Nathalie Handal is a poet, playwright, and writer, who has lived in Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East. She is the poetry review editor for Sable (UK) and associate artist and development executive for the production company, the Kazbah Project. She teaches at Columbia University.