Contemporary Arab American playwright Yussef El Guindi 's works focus on the Arab/Muslim experience in the United States. In particular, his plays deal with the complex issues of Arabophobia, Islamophobia, media orientalism and bi-cultural issues faced by both immigrants and second-generation Arab Americans.
The plays featured in this collection are-
Back of the Throat
Our Enemies- Lively Scenes of Love and Combat
Language Rooms
Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World
Threesome
The anthology also includes a range of supplementary material, designed to contextualise the work of El Guindi and support its use by students-
- a foreword by Silk Road Rising Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Torange Yeghiazarian, Artistic Director, Golden Thread Productions
- an introduction by Professor Michael Malek Najjar
- production stills of productions of El Guindi's plays
- a bonus essay by El Guindi titled "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Meet Abdallah and Ahmed- Musings about Arabs and Muslims in American Theatre"
- an annotated timeline of the work of Yussef El Guindi.
