Stamp Me
Yussef El Guindi’s short play follows Ahmed as he waits in line to get his passport stamped.
Migration is Not a Metaphor
Even so, the experience of moving from one place
to another in a fearful, militarized, increasingly
xenophobic world has inspired writers to document,
challenge, and reimagine that world. In these works
and excerpts by five immigrant theatremakers—Gabriela Furtado Coutinho, Martyna Majok, Antu Yacob, Deniz Khateri, and Yussef El Guindi—we catch glimpses of beauty, confusion, defiance, and survival.
Yussef El Guindi’s short play follows Ahmed as he waits in line to get his passport stamped.
In this poem, Antu Yacob explores where she’s from.
An excerpt from the script of a new work involving puppetry and projections.
An excerpt from Martyna Majok’s play, slated for a new Manhattan Theatre Club production this fall.
A poem by our digital editor, a Brazilian artist, is this summer’s editor’s letter within our Immigrant Imaginations issue.