{"product_id":"a-museum-in-baghdad-paperback","title":"A Museum in Baghdad - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHannah Khalil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is about my responsibility. Doing what is right. Being where I'm needed. I've started a job and I must finish it. I owe it to the people of Iraq. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1926, the nation of Iraq is in its infancy, and British archaeologist Gertrude Bell is founding a museum in Baghdad. In 2006, Ghalia Hussein is attempting to reopen the museum after looting during the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades apart, these two women share the same goals: to create a fresh sense of unity and nationhood, to make the world anew through the museum and its treasures. But in such unstable times, questions remain. Who is the museum for? Whose culture are we preserving? And why does it matter when people are dying? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA story of treasured history, desperate choices and the remarkable Gertrude Bell. This edition of Hannah Khalil's epic new play was published to coincide with the world premiere at the RSC's The Other Place in 2019.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHannah Khalil\u003c\/b\u003e had her first short play, \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e, selected for the Soho Theatre's Westminster Prize and her first full- length piece, \u003ci\u003e Leaving Home\u003c\/i\u003e, staged at the King's Head, London. Most recently, her play \u003ci\u003eBitterenders\u003c\/i\u003e won Sandpit Arts' Bulbul 2013 competition and was produced at Z Space, San Francisco, as part of Golden Thread's ReOrient Festival. Her monologue\u003ci\u003e The Worst Cook in the West Bank \u003c\/i\u003ewas performed as part of an evening of short plays about Arab women in the Arab Spring at the Old Red Lion and the Unity Theatre as part of the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival. \u003ci\u003eThe Scar Test \u003c\/i\u003ewas commissioned by Untold Arts and was performed in a scratch performances at the Arcola Theatre in June 2015 and went on a UK tour in June 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47415882449074,"sku":"9781350150805","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/580a43c081fd9c55bdd3be6daac0e470.webp?v=1778390244","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/a-museum-in-baghdad-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}