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Ismail Khalidi is an American writer. He was born in Lebanon where his father, Rashid Khalidi , was teaching at the American University of Beirut . He is the grandson of Saudi Arabian diplomat, of Palestinian decsent, Ismail Khalidi . Khalidi writes for Electronic Intifada and Mizna . He considers himself to be an activist in the Palestinian and anti-war movements. Khalidi’s play, Truth Serum Blues , was produced at the Pangea World Theater in Minneapolis. It explores the question of what are terrorism? He has received a SASE/Jerome grant, the Playwright Center's Many Voices residency award, and an Emerging Voices grant.1
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Ismail Khalidi ( ) is a Palestinian American playwright, poet, and actor, best known for the plays Tennis in Nablus (2010) and Truth Serum Blues (2005).Tennis in Nablus received two graduate student Kennedy Center Honors in 2008 while he was still at NYU, the Mark Twain Comedy Playwriting Award and the Quest for Peace Playwriting Award.
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Ismail Khalidi ( ; born 1982) is a Palestinian American playwright, poet, director and actor, best known for the plays Tennis in Nablus (2010) and Truth Serum Blues (2005). Tennis in Nablus received two graduate student Kennedy Center Honors in 2008 while he was still at NYU, the Mark Twain Comedy Playwriting Award and the Quest for Peace Playwriting Award. Khalidi's writing tackles the history of Palestine and the modern Middle East, as well as wider themes of race, colonialism and war.
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American dramatist For the diplomat, see Ismail Khalidi .Ismail Khalidi ( ; born 1982) is a Palestinian/Lebanese American playwright, screenwriter and theater director whose work tackles the history of Palestine and the modern Middle East, as well as wider themes of race, colonialism, displacement and war.He is best known for the plays Tennis in Nablus (2010) and Truth Serum Blues (2005) and the critically-acclaimed Returning to Haifa, which premiered in London in 2018. Tennis in Nablus received two graduate student Kennedy Center Honors in 2008 while he was still at NYU, the Mark Twain Comedy Playwriting Award and the Quest for Peace Playwriting Award. Since then his plays have been produced and presented internationally and published in half a dozen anthologies.
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American dramatist For the diplomat, his grandfather, see Ismail Khalidi . Ismail Khalidi ( Arabic : إسماعيل خالدي ; born 1982) is a Palestinian / Lebanese American playwright, screenwriter and theater director whose work tackles the history of Palestine and the modern Middle East, as well as wider themes of race, colonialism, displacement and war. He is best known for the plays Tennis in Nablus (2010) and Truth Serum Blues (2005) and a critically-acclaimed adaptation of Ghassan Kanafani's novella, Returning to Haifa , which premiered in London in 2018. Tennis in Nablus received two graduate student Kennedy Center Honors in 2008 while he was still at NYU, the Mark Twain Comedy Playwriting Award and the Quest for Peace Playwriting Award. Since then his plays have been produced and presented internationally and published in half a dozen anthologies.
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palestinian / lebanese american playwright
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