Mary von Aue
December 20, 2016
When Boubacar Traoré first achieved fame in the 1960s, it was tethered to a social responsibility. Hits like Mali Twist were immediately...
Mary von Aue
November 25, 2016
It was during the final run of Conference of the Birds, the most recent NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ play, that rebel-held Aleppo lost...
Mary von Aue
April 13, 2016
“Palestine may not be in the atlas,” Nasser Abufarha once said, “But we have put it on the shelves.” Not too long ago in 2004, there wasn’t...
Mary von Aue
January 5, 2016
Not long after extremists stormed the Malheur Wildlife Refuge did local news begin to cover a baffling, if not anxious scene. The anti-...
Moataz Nasr
December 14, 2015
There’s a map of the Middle East that hangs in the Leila Heller Gallery today, and upon entering the room, it’s hard to avoid its sparkle...
Mary von Aue
August 31, 2015
“This isn’t a crime scene; this is a conflict.” Standing out as one of the most powerful plays in this year’s New York International Fringe...
Mary von Aue
May 4, 2015
In a city known for its musicals, Karen Malpede has carved out a space for a different genre of New York theater. Each of her seventeen...
Mary von Aue
February 8, 2015
On February 1, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), the first Eurosceptic upstart party in decades, ended its three-day conference in Bremen...