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Laila Soliman (born in 1981) is an independent Egyptian theatre director and playwright, living in Cairo, but currently working wherever possible. She studied at the German School (DSB, Cairo) and obtained her BA in theatre at the American University in Cairo and her MA at Dasarts (AHK) in Amsterdam. She is currently Visiting Associate Professor of Theater at the New York University in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
Her work stems from an interest in the state of flux in the contemporary socio- political climate and its influence on individuals, relationships and power structures. It relies on collective memories and personal histories as ways of
bridging the gap between the official versions of events and intimate, individual experiences.<\/p>\n
Her performances have been shown in Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, Syria, India, South Africa and various countries in Europe. Amongst the most important works she directed are \u201cThe Retreating World\u201d (2004), \u201cGhorba, images of alienation\u201d (2006), \u201c…At your service!\u201d (2009),
\u201cSpring Awakening in the Tuktuk\u201d (2010), \u201cNo Time for Art 0\/1\/2\/3\u201d (20111_2013), \u201cHawa ELhorreya, Whims of Freedom\u201d (2014) , \u201cThe National Museum of the State Security System\u201d (2015), \u201cZigzig\u201d(2016), \u201cMuseum of Lungs\u201d (2018), \u201cWanaset Yodit\u201d (2020). Her first Opera \u201cWoman at Point 0\u201d (2022) is currently touring internationally.<\/p>\n
Laila Soliman\u2019s play \u201cEgyptian Products\u201d (2009) was published in the anthology Plays from the Arab World<\/em> by Nick Hern Books and the Royal Court Theatre, London and her performance texts “A Diary in Scenes: And don’t forget never to wear tampons at a revolution!” (2011) and \u201cNo Desert Roses\u201d (2017) were published in Theater der Zeit magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Laila Soliman (born in 1981) is an independent Egyptian theatre director and playwright, living in Cairo, but currently working wherever possible. She studied at the German School (DSB, Cairo) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3981,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[30,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3884","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-al-mashhad","category-culture-rights-and-representation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nyuad.nyu.edu\/researchkitchens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/3884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nyuad.nyu.edu\/researchkitchens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nyuad.nyu.edu\/researchkitchens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/people"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nyuad.nyu.edu\/researchkitchens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nyuad.nyu.edu\/researchkitchens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nyuad.nyu.edu\/researchkitchens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nyuad.nyu.edu\/researchkitchens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}