Karim Alrawi

Karim Alrawi
2013 Resident
  • Americas
  • Northern America
  • Canada
  • Africa
  • Northern Africa
  • Egypt
  • Europe
  • Northern Europe
  • United Kingdom
English
Arabic

Karim ALRAWI (playwright, fiction writer; Canada/UK/Egypt) writes stage plays in both Arabic and English. He is also the author of several radio and TV plays, and children’s books. He was resident writer at the Royal Court Theatre and the Theatre Royal Stratford East (England), has held writing residencies in the US and Canada, and teaching positions at universities in all three countries. His national and international honors include the John Whiting Award and the Samuel Becket Award.  Karim participates courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Arts Council of British Columbia.

Website: 
http://karimalrawi.com
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  • A fall harvest of book reviews coming in: of The Others by Sarah BLAU (translated from the Hebrew by Daniella Zamir); of LO Yi-Chin’s Farewell, translated from the Chinese by Jeremy TIANG; of Véronique TADJO’s In the Company of Men…

  • A fascinating interview with IWP’s Senior Advisor, professor Peter Nazareth, retired from UI’s English Department in spring 2021, after nearly five decades of teaching.

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