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Thursday, May 28, 2026

Golden Thread at Thirty: Looking Beyond 2026 by Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson

By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. In the season finale, Marina and Nabra preview Golden Thread’s 2026 season, from Palestinian performance and stand-up comedy to new Arab American plays and…

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Thursday, April 30, 2026

Reclaiming the Narrative: The MENA Theatre Artists’ Bill of Rights by Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson

By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. A decade after landmark convenings, Nabra and Marina revisit the “Middle Eastern American Theatre Artists’ Bill of Rights” and “Dear Producers and Ar…

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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Thirty Years of MENA Theatre by Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson

By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. Marina and Nabra take a sweeping look at thirty years of Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwest Asian theatre in the United States"from Golden Thread's…

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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

How Many SWANA Performance Artists Can We Talk About in One Episode? by Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson

By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. There are so many cool Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) and Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) performance artists out there!

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Rant and Rave: Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwest Asian Classics and Theatre History by Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson

By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. In the last episode of the fourth season of Kunafa and Shay"which was a historical and classical Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) and Southwest Asian …

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Ottoman Theatre by Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson

By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. Hosts Marina Johnson and Nabra Nelson discuss Ottoman theatre, emphasizing its significance in global theatre history.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

People of the Cave by Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson

By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. Hosts Marina Johnson and Nabra Nelson talk about Egyptian playwright Tawfiq al-Hakim and his "unstageable" classic play People of the Cave.

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