Sandra Hetzl, born 1980, translates Arabic literature into German and lives in Berlin. She translated works by Rasha Abbas, Aref Hamza, Kadhem Khanjar, Bushra al-Maktari, Raif Badawi, Aboud Saeed and Assaf Alassaf and many more. Above that she is the brains behind »10/11«, a literary agency and laboratory for new forms of Arabic literature.
Christopher-Fares Köhler was born in Wiesbaden in 1987 and grew up in Germany and Jordan. He studied theater studies at the University of Leipzig and at the Free University of Berlin. From 2013–2015 he worked as an assistant director for Falk Richter, in plays such as »Small Town Boy« at the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin.…
Heba Mehrez is a Syrian dramaturge and playwright, born in Damascus in 1989, and studied theater studies at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus. Since she graduated in 2013 she worked in Damascus as a dramaturge and assistant director in the show »self-visit« 2014, and »Paradise« in 2015. In late 2015 she moved…
Hazem Saleh is a Syrian theater maker. He graduated at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus and has participated in numerous workshops of the Damascus Theater Laboratory. Hazem Saleh is the author of several short films and an active member of interactive theater in Syrian refugee camps. As a dramaturge, he brought Sartre’s…
Mudar Ramadan Mudar Ramadan was born in Aleppo Syria, 1986. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus and continues his Master in Theater studies at the Free University Berlin. For 10 years he has worked as an actor and director. Mudar directed many theater plays between Syria, Tunisia and Germany and…
Dramaturge and screenwriter, born in Syria in 1985, currently lives in Berlin. From 2004–2006 he studied directing at »The Labor« Theater Troupe in Homs. 2011 he finished his bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He wrote numerous plays and brought them on stage. In 2016 the magazine »Nachtmagazin« awarded him the prize »Best German-language play« for »The…
Wihad Suleiman (1988) is a director and author from Syria. In 2012, she graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus in the field of theater studies. After her apprenticeship she worked as a trainer in an interactive theater project, as well as a long-term project with a group of blind performers. She…
Lebanese writer, producer and activist with a postgraduate diploma in theater studies and a master’s degree in cultural mediation, which resulted in the script »In exactly this moment«. She wrote three short films in addition to several texts, which she also directed. Mona Merhi’s work focuses on cultural practices of the Lebanese communities and the…
Egyptian poet and playwright born in 1979 and lives in Cairo. He has written: »The Guard«, »The Genius Plot«, »Eid banquet«, »Glass Eyes«, »So Salome danced«, »As a Sarcophagus Coughing Heavily« (poetry). He was awarded the first prize in the Mohammed Timur Drama Creativity Competition 2006, the first prize in the Young Creators Competition for…
Ahmad Meree Ahmad Meree is an actor and playwright born in Aleppo, Syria. He is a graduate from the Higher Institute of Theatre Arts in Cairo. Winner of an emerging artist award at Arts Awards Waterloo Region (2019) and the Best Actor Award at the Central Theatre Festival in Syria (2008), he directed Ionesco’s The…