The Selected Works of Yussef El Guindi : Back of the Throat / Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat / Language Rooms / Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World / Threesome

Contemporary Arab American playwright Yussef El Guindi’s works focus on the Arab/Muslim experience in the United States.

In particular, his plays deal with the complex issues of Arabophobia, Islamophobia, media orientalism and bi-cultural issues faced by both immigrants and second-generation Arab Americans. The plays featured in this collection are:Back of the ThroatOur Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and CombatLanguage RoomsPilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New WorldThreesomeThe anthology also includes a range of supplementary material, designed to contextualise the work of El Guindi and support its use by students:- a foreword by Silk Road Rising Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Torange Yeghiazarian, Artistic Director, Golden Thread Productions- an introduction by Professor Michael Malek Najjar- production stills of productions of El Guindi's plays- a bonus essay by El Guindi titled "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Meet Abdallah and Ahmed: Musings about Arabs and Muslims in American Theatre"- an annotated timeline of the work of Yussef El Guindi.