Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas published by(Playwrights Canada Press) is the first English-language anthology of its kind featuring the work of diaspora writers.
It is an anthology of plays by Jewish and Palestinian writers living around the world.
It's edited by playwrights Stephen Orlov who’s Jewish and Palestinian-Australian-Canadian Samah Sabawi.
Double Exposure offers distinct Diaspora perspectives that turn the political into the personal.
This collection includes The Peace Maker by Natasha Greenblatt; Sabra Falling by Ismail Khalidi; Bitterenders by Hannah Khalil; Facts by Arthur Milner; Sperm Count by Stephen Orlov; Tales of a City by the Sea by Samah Sabawi; and Twenty-One Positions: A Cartographic Dream of the Middle East by Abdelfattah AbuSrour, Lisa Schlesinger, and Naomi Wallace.
Winner of the 2017 Patrick O'Neill Award from the Canadian Association of Theatre Research for the best edited collection on a Canadian theatre and performance topic.
We spoke with Samah Saabawi about the inception of this idea and the journey.
