Maria Douaihy: ‘The Play is Everything’
“With Yehia, the play is everything. So, we make sure that sets, costumes and props fit in one car. This way we are ready to perform at short notice.” – Maria Douaihy on “Qornet el Bayda.”
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From Georgia Makhlouf’s ‘Bitter Country’
Georgia Makhlouf’s Pays Amer (Presses de la Cité, 2024) won the 2025 Prix Méditerranée des lecteurs, awarded by the “Des livres et nous” circle of the Perpignan Media Library, and is a finalist for the 2025 Prix de la Littérature Arabe. This excerpt comes from Chapter 18.