Other writing
Translations & Adaptations
603 by Imad Farajin
(Translated by Hassan Abdulrazzak; Directed by Rufus Norris. The reading of the play took place at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs on 14/11/2008).
Short Plays
Evo101 (~25-30min) was performed as part of Nabokov's Present: Tense (no.12) in response to a news story about a mother who murdered her disabled daughter and committed suicide after ten years of abuse by a gang of teenagers. The play was shown at the Southwark Playhouse on Sunday 27th September 2009 at 8pm. It was directed by Andrew Steggall, designed by Sarah Bacon and performed by Jamie Doyle and Jessica Claire.
Love in the Time of Barriers (~10-15min monologue) was performed at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) by Robert Mountford on Wednesday 23rd September 2009, 7pm. It was directed by Caroline Jay Ranger as part of an evening of work curated by Lloyd Trott.
420 meteres below sea level (~20min) and The Cook & The Insurgent (~10min) were performed at Soho Theatre (on 26/01/2009) as part of the Paines Plough 'Later' season. It was directed by Akbar Kurtha and performed by him along with Silas Carson and Rasoul Saghir.
Essays and Letters
Long After The Tyrants Perish [in issue 127 of the Edinburgh Review]
The Middle East has culture, not just terrorism.
The War on Hurricanes
Defeat the enemy
Review of Saturday, a novel by Ian McEwan
Poems
Shadow of their former selves
The Absent tailor
Ortaköy Mosque
Greece
The Lonesome Part
The World has its say
Bad Points
Short Stories
Fairytales [in issue 127 of Edinburgh Review]