In these three works Raffo explores the indelible effects of war on 
Iraqis, Americans, and the refugees caught between the two cultures. 
When considered together, these three works give voice to nearly two 
decades of rarely examined traumas that have reshaped cultural and 
national identity for both Americans and Iraqis since the events of 
9/11. Heather Raffo is a renowned playwright and performer whose 
 work has been described by The New Yorker as an example of “how art can 
 remake the world.” An American with Iraqi heritage, her work is seen as 
 a rare bridge between western and eastern cultures. With ongoing 
 debates about the legacy of America's foreign wars and future role in 
the Middle East, this volume offers a uniquely historical and deeply 
human perspective on the political issues of our time. Spanning a decade 
 and a half, together these works form a mosaic of untold stories that 
were ground breaking in their time and continue to profoundly impact 
communities and classrooms internationally. 9 Parts of Desire 
 (2003): "First Choice/The Best Shows in London" by The Times, and as 
one of the “Five Best Plays” in London by The Independent. Its award 
winning, Off-Broadway premiere ran for nine sold out months and was a 
critics pick of the The New York Times, Time Out, and Village Voice. The 
 play then received productions in nearly every major regional theatre 
market in American before being translated for international productions 
 in Brazil, Greece, Sweden, Hungary, India, Turkey, Malta, France, Iraq, 
 Egypt, and Israel. It was the first commercial hit on a national and 
international stage by an Arab American playwright helping to birth a 
new genre of Middle Eastern American Theatre. Fallujah 
(2016) received its world premiere at Long Beach Opera before 
transferring to NYC Opera. The first ever opera about the Iraq War it 
tells a U.S. Marine's account of the battle of Fallujah it focuses on 
moral injury and veteran suicide. Noura (2018) won the L. 
 Arnold Weissberger New Play Award and was hailed “The Most Ambitious 
Premiere” of the Women's Voices Theatre Festival by The Washington Post 
and “stirringly powerful” by The New York Times. Told from inside the 
marriage of an Iraqi family, the play explores the lingering cost of 
exile for both recent refugees and more established American immigrants. 
 Drawing inspiration from Ibsen's A Doll's Hous and championed as 
 a first of its kind feminist refugee narrative, it is already being 
included in university curriculum both in America and abroad.- Google Books

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