Kay Adshead's new play about the Arab Spring has a beguiling premise: to tell the human stories behind the headlines. We all remember the news footage of the Arab Spring in 2011, from Tunisia to Egypt, with their huge crowds and mass protests. Contrary to the West's clichéd view of passive Arab women, many of the protestors who took to the streets were female. They may have been veiled, but that didn't prevent them …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:31PM on February 5, 2015