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Broads and the Bard: Fawzia on Translating Romeo and Juliet
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This week we chat with Fawzia Istrabadi about the challenges and rewards of translating Romeo and Juliet into Arabic.
Fawzia Istrabadi (She/They) is a Shakespeare actor and the creator of Arabic Shakespeare. A half-Iraqi actor who has a passion for creating representation for Arab/SWANA theatre artists. This passion is what led her to team up with Prague Shakespeare Company's Guy Roberts and ShakeSphere's Adham Sayed to create Romeo & جولييت.
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Art by Lizzy Colandene
Music by Constantino Fernandez
Sound by Jonathan Miot
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Keywords
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