Shahadat (Testimonies)
Researcher - Manal Hamzeh
Adaptor & Translator - Fouad Teymour
Director - Tina El Gamal
Partner - Silk Road Cultural Center, In Partnership with the Borderlands and Ethnic Studies Department at New Mexico State University
Synopsis - Based on Dr. Manal Hamzeh’s scholarship, Shahadat is an interdisciplinary theatre project based on the testimonies of three Egyptian women who experienced state-sponsored sexual violence during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. This project is rooted in Arab feminist methodologies and will challenge patriarchal oppression and its “usefulness” to the Egyptian state, while centering the stories of three incredibly brave activists in their pursuit of justice.