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Hi Nour, I'm Seth, a NYC-based theatre director and writer and a friend of Hanae Bezad's.

I recently created a 'Gilgamesh' theatre production that tells a beautiful true story of male friendship between two young men, one Iraqi and one American. The actors Ahmed and Jesse play themselves and portray their real life friendship, and show how they overcame cultural, linguistic and religious differences and become best friends and play music together-- a fusion of 'Maqam' and North American jazz. I'd love to share more about the show with you sometime!

We are currently touring the show and would love to bring it to Dubai someday.

More here: https://vimeo.com/872159353

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You can reach me at triatheatre@gmail.com!

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Seth -- Your theatre production—'King Gilgamesh & The Man of the Wild'—is fascinating. I took a look at the video and shared it with others in our Author Community. I found this description of it on the Jungle Theater website and will share it here for others who might be interested:

"KING GILGAMESH & THE MAN OF THE WILD is a one-act theater-music production featuring Ahmed Moneka and Jesse LaVercombe alongside celebrated Arabic-maqam / jazz band, Moneka Arabic Jazz. A present-day story of friendship interweaves with the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, and along the way traces Ahmed’s real-life journey from exiled actor to acclaimed musician. With themes of art, ambition, sex, fatherhood, mortality and identity, this two-man epic spans centuries, cultures, and continents in a moving, funny, tragic, and ultimately celebratory performance."

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Wonderful, thank you for sharing! We were just yesterday nominated for a number of awards in Toronto, and are planning a remount there next year along with brief tours to the USA and other parts of Canada.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7jwXAhg9vV/?hl=en

There's also a longer 'behind the scenes' video here:

https://vimeo.com/747400488

Our website is:

https://www.gilgamesh.world/

I'd be happy to share the full show video or script if anyone here would like to take a look!

All best,

Seth

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Seth -- These awards are impressive and appropriate! And I love your website, as well as the video of the longer scenes. I will share them. My understanding is that Nour Sabbagh will be in touch with you via email. She is exploring writing a book-length manuscript on the Epic of Gilgamesh as a vehicle for understanding the leadership journey. She is located in Dubai.

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