Khalid Amine & Jamal Akabli “The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow./ That must not be true of tomorrow.”[1] “The principle of the universe is movement… If it stops moving, it will return to non-existence.”  (Ibn ‘Arabi, The Book Unveiling the Effects of travels) It would be …

Stephen BARBER Dancing on the Hyphen: Essays on Arab Theatre presents an invaluable collection of Khalid Amine’s latest essays on the contemporary and recent performance cultures of North Africa. The collection is striking in its breadth and depth, spanning nuanced and original investigations extending from women’s empowerment through performance, Shakespeare’s …