professional and amateur actors, Syrians and non-Syrians, have performed readings of one of over 120 stories that comprise the oral history collection Syrian Histories.
FILMED PERFORMANCES
Zeinab Kassem embodies the persona as she tells the story of the Syrian dancer Mira [in English]
Dima Matta embodies the persona as she tells the story of Damascene Circassian Jamila Amin [in English]
Omar Bakbook embodies the persona as he tells the story of Syrian teacher Mustafa al-Shaykh Fattouh [in Arabic]
Ammar Warde embodies the persona as he tells the story of Shamweel Warda [in Arabic]
STAGED READINGS
Mishkal Festival, Madina Theatre, September 2017
six storytellers took the stage of the famous Madina Theatre on Hamra Street during the annual Mishkal festival to perform staged readings of six of the over 100 recorded stories that make up the Syrian Histories collection.
private performance, September 2017
sharq.org hosted a special Syrian night, complete with food, music and stories, for a group of cultural tourists visiting from Belgium. a series of animated performances was followed by a discussion on Syria and her people.
Global Week for Syria Festival, Dar El-Nimer, July 2017
a staged reading of stories at Dar El-Nimer as part of the Global Week for Syria festival marked the launch of the oral history collection Syrian Histories produced by sharq.org and was followed by a vibrant discussion with specialists in storytelling.
