هيدا مش فيلم مصري - This Is Not An Egyptian Film

Major Theatre Production "هيدا مش فيلم مصري" (This is Not an Egyptian Film) A collective creation Adapted and directed by Lina Abyad "هيدا مش فيلم مصري" (This is Not an Egyptian Film) Place: Gulbenkian Theatre - LAU Beirut Campus Date: April 28, 29, 30 and May 1, 2, 3, 4, 2014 Time: 8:30 pm The interrupted whistling of the pressure cooker of Manal Al Assi was deafening to me every single day that followed her tragic and senseless death. I absolutely had to provide a testimonial. To all those I’m addressing this project to; those who confided in me, in a whisper, a revisited story: the ordeal of a neighbor, or of an old aunt, their own story of a battered woman or a childhood tale behind closed doors, listening in on the father’s insults and the mother’s screams. On stage, it won’t be make-believe. It is the words of these women that would break the circle of silence in which these violent men, the institution of marriage, the fear of their name being dragged in the mud, the obsolete traditions, the backward civil code, the patriarchal system, confine the voices of these women. During rehearsals, another woman had fallen victim to her husband’s blows. Throughout our work, there were tears, anger, bafflement at this inflicted violence and this learned helplessness, but we also know there is hope. It lives in the words of these women, their newborn awareness of the respect we owe them, and the new laws that will protect them. Artistic Team Director Lina Abyad Production Manager Hala Masri Set Designer Hana Fakhoury Costume Designer Claire Meshref Poster, Program & Tickets Designer Dounia Alexandra Nassar Tickets at L.L. 10,000 - L.L. 15,000 available at Gulbenkian Ticket Booth Tel: 01-78 64 64 / 03-79 13 14 ext.1172 [facebook event]