PLAYS
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Dodi & Diana
Full-length drama | 1M, 1W
Genre: marriage and commitment; fame and pop culture; astrology
A husband and wife travel to Paris to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, unearthing an uncanny connection to the star-crossed lovers that will alter the trajectory of their marriage.
Development
COLT COEUR, NYC — Commission & Workshop
THE MAGIC THEATRE, San Francisco — Workshop
Awards & Recognitions
FINALIST: O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2022
American Fast
Full-length drama | 1M, 3W
Genre: marriage and commitment; fame and pop culture; astrology
Twenty-one-year-old college basketball sensation Khady Salama makes it to March Madness, only to become a flashpoint of controversy when she lies about observing the Muslim fast while competing in the tournament.
Productions
ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE, Portland, OR — Rolling World Premiere (Jan 2023)
CARDINAL STAGE, Bloomington, IN (Mar 2023)
CITY THEATRE, Pittsburgh, PA — Rolling World Premiere (Apr 2023)
INTERACT THEATRE, Philadelphia, PA — Rolling World Premiere (June 2023)
Development
COLORADO NEW PLAY SUMMIT, Denver Center, CO — Workshop
CAPITAL REPERTORY THEATRE, Albany, NY — Reading
UC SANTA BARBARA LAUNCH PAD SERIES — Workshop
Awards & Recognitions
WINNER: Woodward/Newman Award, 2022
WINNER: Capital Repertory Theatre Next Act! New Play Summit, 2021
A Distinct Society
Full-length dramedy | 3M, 2W
Genre: inspired by true events; contemporary politics; romance; comic book heroes
A sleepy library that straddles the U.S./Canada border becomes an unlikely crucible for five people from around the world when families separated by the “Muslim ban” begin using the library as a meeting place.
Productions
PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY, Salt Lake City, UT — Co-World Premiere (Jan 2023)
THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY, Palo Alto, CA — Co-World Premiere (Apr 2023)
WRITERS THEATRE, Glencoe, IL (June 2023)
Development
CITADEL THEATRE, Edmonton, AB — Reading
THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY, Palo Alto, CA — Workshop
NORTHLIGHT THEATRE, Skokie, IL — Reading
INTERNATIONAL VOICES PROJECT, Chicago, IL — Workshop
OREGON CONTEMPORARY THEATRE, Eugene, OR — Workshop
CAPITAL REPERTORY THEATRE, Albany, NY — Reading
NEW YORK STAGE & FILM, NYC — Reading
THE LARK, NYC — Reading
Awards & Recognitions
WINNER: Capital Repertory Theatre Next Act! New Play Summit, 2020
SEMI-FINALIST: O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2020
SEMI-FINALIST: Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2020
SEMI-FINALIST: Premiere Stages New Play Festival, 2020
The Yacoubian Building
Based on the novel by Alaa Al Aswany
Full-length drama | 9M, 4W
Genre: international; class struggles; Middle Eastern politics and society
Based on the bestselling novel, this sweeping tale tracks the intersecting lives of Egyptian citizens of different religions, genders, sexual orientations, and class backgrounds who live and work in the titular building – a microcosm of an Egypt infested with corruption, discrimination, despair, and ugliness.
Development
ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY, NYC — Workshop
LaGUARDIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, NYC — Reading
THE DRAMA LEAGUE, NYC — Reading
Awards & Recognitions
SEMI-FINALIST: O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2019
SEMI-FINALIST: Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2019
The Triumphant
Full-length drama | 4M, 1W
Genre: gay men in the Middle East; international human rights; comic book heroes
Trapped in a prison in an unknown location, a group of gay men conjure the fantastical stories of Sindbad the Sailor as they await their uncertain future. Based on interviews conducted with members of the LGBTQ community in Egypt.
Development & Production
TARGET MARGIN THEATER, NYC — Workshop Production (June 2018)
Pareidolia
Full-length drama/black comedy | 4M, 2W
Genre: gay online relationships; marriage and commitment; thriller
Mal, a gay Egyptian-American, gets drawn into a virtual game of cat and mouse by an online suitor who may not be what he appears.
Development
FAULT LINE THEATRE, NYC — Reading
THE LARK, NYC — Reading
RISING CIRCLE THEATER COLLECTIVE, NYC — Reading
Awards & Recognitions
FINALIST: Unicorn Theatre In-Progress New Play Reading Series, 2020
The In-Between
Full-length drama | 3M, 2W
Genre: supernatural; suspense thriller; politics
When Nabil, an Egyptian revolutionary fleeing Cairo after the 2011 uprising, arrives in New York to stay with his American-born cousin, he is unwittingly carrying a demonic force that will threaten all he touches.
Development & Production
NOOR THEATRE, NYC — Workshop Production (May 2014)
NOOR THEATRE, NYC — Workshop
TV PILOTS
All Our Pretty Songs
Hour Long Drama
Genre: coming-of-age; revenge thriller; mystery; international
After committing a horrific crime, a wily 18-year-old Egyptian street urchin flees Cairo for Los Angeles to unravel a mystery: is he the long-lost son of a dead American rock icon?
Developed as part of the WarnerMedia Access Writers Program 21-22
Sentinel
Hour Long Drama
Genre: family drama; political thriller; international
Marine-turned-journalist Duncan Hearn, the Cairo Bureau Chief of a major U.S. newspaper, struggles to raise a stable American family in an increasingly unstable Middle East.
Awards & Recognitions
FINALIST: Sundance Episodic Lab, 2021
Leila Buck & Babak Tafti in The In-Between