Five Arab Hamlet Plays

A fascinating, hilarious, provocative collection of Arab works inspired by William Shakespeare’sHamlet, from political satire to musical comedy. Includes works by Moroccan Nabyl Lahlou (1968), Syrian Mamduh Adwan (1976), Jordanian Nader Omran (1984), Iraqi Jawad al-Assadi (1994), and Egyptian Hani Afifi (2009), plus an autobiographical sketch by Egyptian Mahmoud Aboudoma (2006).