Restoring Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) women’s dramatic voices within the academic world is LONG OVERDUE!

Grappling with the inaccessibility of a limited archive of historic and contemporary work, and the loss of the majority of the pre-colonial and early 20th century works, this database is the first online database to be created at a university, and is one of the first platforms in the world dedicated solely to MENA women playwrights from the region and diaspora. .

Browse through an excerpt of available online sources in English, Arabic and Farsi; including scripts, videos, performance reviews, scholarly articles, playwrights' websites and community pages.

Special Thanks to the support of the Middle Eastern Theatre Focus Group at the Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Noor Theatre, and the dozens of scholars, practitioners and playwrights who helped consolidate efforts. 

Collaborating with other MENA scholars, I continue evolving this project, and am currently leading the development of the Middle Eastern Theatre Focus Group at ATHE’s open access platform.