Laila Soliman

Laila Soliman (ليلى سليمان, born 1981) is an Egyptian writer and theater director living and working in Cairo.[1]

Laila Soliman
ليلى سليمان
Born1981 (age 41–42)
NationalityEgyptian
EducationAmerican University in Cairo
Occupationwriter

She was born in Cairo and received a degree in theater and Arabic literature from the American University in Cairo in 2004.[2] She received an MA in theater from the Academy of Theatre and Dance at the Amsterdam University of the Arts.[3][4]

In 2011, with Ruud Gielens, she directed Lessons in Revolting, which was created with ten other Egyptian artists following the Egyptian revolution of 2011.[2] In 2014, her play Hawa Elhorreya ("Whims of Freedom") about the Egyptian revolution of 1919 was presented at the Egyptian Centre for Culture and Arts and at the London International Festival of Theatre.[5]

Soliman does not have a theatre company but instead people join in her projects as collaborators. She takes on various functions herself in support of her projects as required, including publicity, fundraising and set and costume design.[6]

Her works have been presented in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and various countries in Europe.[7]

Selected works

Plays[1][4]
  • The Retreating World (2004) by Naomi Wallace
  • Ghorba, Images of Alienation (2006)
  • Egyptian Products (2008)
  • …At Your Service! (2009)
  • Spring Awakening in the Tuktuk (2010)
  • No Time for Art, series (2011)
  • Here, There & Everywhere (2013)
  • La Grande Maison (2015)
  • The National Museum of the State Security System (2015)
  • Zigzig (2016)

References
  1. "Laila Soliman". House on Fire. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. "Laila Soliman". City of Women.
  3. "Laila Soliman". Academy of Theatre and Dance.
  4. "Laila Soliman". center for art, knowledge and society.
  5. "Egyptian playwright to present at London International Festival Theatre". Daily News Egypt. 21 June 2014.
  6. Fliotsos, Anne; Vierow, Wendy (2013). International Women Stage Directors. pp. 158–60. ISBN 978-0252095856.
  7. "Laila Soliman". Maxim Gorki Theater.
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