jawad alassadi + baghdadi bath Flashcards
who is jawad
jawad al assaidi is one of the best known iraq playwrights directors and actors
born in baghdad in 1947
graduatetd from baghdad fine arts academy in 1972
got his phd in sofia bulgaria 1983
where did he live b4 beirute
spent 25 years living as an expatriate in various arab conutries
why did he leave iraq
fled the former regime
where did he move
moved to beirut and mmade the babil theatre
translation
his works have been translated to arabic french and riussian
awards
recieved the prince claus award in 2004
his plays
he has written many plays among which are his two latest and most famous;women in war and baghdadi bath
baghdadi bath
is a play about two iraq brother who work as bus drives on the route between damscus and baghdad which is one of the worlds most perilous highways
why is it perilous
hosage taking stealing and executions
where did they talk
steam room
ending
both brothers die transporting political candidate from jordan to iraq
brothers names
majeed and hameed
majjed suports
americans while hammed hates them
when does the play turn surreal
when they agree to transport and iraq politician from amman jordan to baghdad
