ali and ali and the aXes of evil

“Ali Hakim” and “Ali Ababwa,” refugees from the imaginary country “Agraba,” attempt to seduce their audience into providing them with food, refuge, security, freedom and the material benefits of Western consumer society, failing miserably at every step. An endless string of buffooneries and absurdities derived from an inversion of the clichés defining the geo-politics of the Middle East at the beginning of the 21st century.

 

journalistic writing about the show:

http://seattlest.com/2007/05/17/a_whole_new_world.php

http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2003711649_ali180.html

http://www.nowtoronto.com/stage/story.cfm?content=140480

http://www.drama.ca/blog/?p=115

http://www.vancouverplays.com/theatre/reviews_theatre/review_ali_ali_2004.shtml

http://www.drama.ca/blog/?p=115

 

scholarship:

http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/article/view/11098

https://muse.jhu.edu/loginauth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/modern_drama/v051/51.1.wasserman.html

https://itunes.apple.com/ro/book/canadian-theatre-tragic-experience/id520806716?mt=11

https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/16529

http://english.ucalgary.ca/ENGL605.02

http://academia.edu/2286984/_Imagining_Agraba_A_World_without_War_

http://www.catr-acrt.ca/wp-content/uploads/CATRACRTProgramme2012-3.pdf

 

Presentations: Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Montreal Arts Interculturel, Gateway Theatre, Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Theatre Passe Muraille (Toronto), Intrepid (Victoria, BC), On the Boards (WA), University of British Columbia, Presentation House (North Vancouver)