The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 18.0315 Thursday, 3 May 2007
From: Karma Sami <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Friday, 27 Apr 2007 12:03:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Shakespeare's 443rd Birthday in Egypt
My Fellow Noble SHAKSPEReans:
The department of English, Faculty of Al Alsun, Ain Shams University,
Cairo, Egypt celebrated the Bard's 443rd Birthday by holding a one-day
conference: Shakespeare: Our Contemporary. Tribute was paid to Jan Kott
and Peter Brook who brought the Bard to life.
The program included: adaptations of Shakespeare's plays like The Harlem
Duet, The Tempest as a Metadrama, A Semiotic reading of As You Like it,
Comparing translations of the Tempest into Arabic , Studies of the
Sonnets, a comparative study of Hamlet and Naguib Mahfouz's The Road (a
novel), Shakespeare's and Wole Soyinka's Hamlet, and finally the reception
of Shakespeare in Egypt where it was noted how the Bard's Hamlet was a
popular piece in Upper Egypt, a region known for its culture of revenge.
The event is possibly the first of its kind in the academia in Egypt. Yet,
there is more to come in the future to celebrate the birth of a man to
whom departments of English all over the world owe much. Suggestions from
fellow SHAKSPEReans for future celebrations are most welcome
Yours,
Karma Sami
Chair of the dept. of English, Alsun, Ain Shams
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK
18.0315 Thursday, 3 May 2007
From: Karma Sami <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Friday, 27 Apr 2007 12:03:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Shakespeare's 443rd Birthday in Egypt
My Fellow Noble SHAKSPEReans:
The department of English, Faculty of Al Alsun, Ain Shams University,
Cairo, Egypt celebrated the Bard's 443rd Birthday by holding a one-day
conference: Shakespeare: Our Contemporary. Tribute was paid to Jan Kott
and Peter Brook who brought the Bard to life.
The program included: adaptations of Shakespeare's plays like The Harlem
Duet, The Tempest as a Metadrama, A Semiotic reading of As You Like it,
Comparing translations of the Tempest into Arabic , Studies of the
Sonnets, a comparative study of Hamlet and Naguib Mahfouz's The Road (a
novel), Shakespeare's and Wole Soyinka's Hamlet, and finally the reception
of Shakespeare in Egypt where it was noted how the Bard's Hamlet was a
popular piece in Upper Egypt, a region known for its culture of revenge.
The event is possibly the first of its kind in the academia in Egypt. Yet,
there is more to come in the future to celebrate the birth of a man to
whom departments of English all over the world owe much. Suggestions from
fellow SHAKSPEReans for future celebrations are most welcome
Yours,
Karma Sami
Chair of the dept. of English, Alsun, Ain Shams
_______________________________________________________________
S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List
Hardy M. Cook, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net>
DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the opinions
expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the editor
assumes no responsibility for them.