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1.1 Sahar Assaf as Saʿdun and Raffi Feghali as the General in The Dictator, by ʿIsam Mahfuz. Performance at Monnot Theater, Beirut, 2017, directed by Sahar Assaf. Image courtesy of Sahar Assaf. Photograph by Alexy Frangieh 44
2.1 The Jester, by Muhammad al-Maghut, directed by Lina Abyad and performed at Gulbenkian Theater at the Lebanese American University in 2007. Image courtesy of the Department of Communication Arts, the Lebanese American University 117
3.1 Dima Matta playing al-Fariʿa in The Rape, by Saʿd Allah Wannus, in the English-language version of The Rape translated by Robert Myers and Nada Saab, directed by Sahar Assaf, and performed at Irwin Theater at the Lebanese American University, Beirut, 2015. Image courtesy of Sahar Assaf. Photograph by Alexy Frangieh 203
4.1 Fayiz Quzuq as Hamid and Nidal Sijari as Majid in Baghdadi Bath, written and directed by Jawad al-Asadi. Performance at Babel Theater, Beirut, 2005. Image courtesy of Jawad al-Asadi 310
5.1 Raʾida Taha playing herself in her play Where Would I Find Someone Like You, ʿAli?, directed by Lina Abyad. Performance at Babel Theater, Beirut, 2015. Image courtesy of Raʾida Taha. Photograph by Ramzi Haidar 344