Andrea Assaf's guest appearances

Andrea Assaf

The Queer Arabs

Arts In

The afikra Podcast

Kunafa and Shay

Randa Jarrar

Elizabeth Baker

Lisa Unger

Naomi Shihab Nye

Hadi Eldebek

John O'Leary

Clyde Butcher

Yazan Khalili

Hisham Matar

Laila Lalami

Jillian York

Peter Adamson

Reem Kassis

Rashid Khalidi

Tanya Habjouqa

OwlTail

In this Outline event, we talked to Andrea Assaf about her latest project, 'Eleven Reflections on September.' The project explores Arab American experience, wars on and of terror, and “the constant, quiet rain of death amidst beauty” that each autumn brings in a post-9/11 world.Created &amp; Hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/About Outline:Outline is a process-focused conversation that looks at guests’ individual projects rather than their full bodies of work. The conversation sketches the journey of the project; the spark of curiosity that led to the project, the process of implementing the idea, the struggles that emerged throughout the implementation, and the aftermath of the project that includes new questions and new ideas. The name “Outline” stems from the idea of creating a retroactive project outline which is part of a broader emphasis on the process of curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking from a nuts and bolts perspective. Outline is not discipline-specific; the series will be held with artists, academics, writers, filmmakers, among others. Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvpFollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com

In this Outline event, we talked to Andrea Assaf about her latest project, 'Eleven Reflections on September.' The project explores Arab American experience, wars on and of terror, and “the constant, quiet rain of death amidst beauty” that each autumn brings in a post-9/11 world.Created &amp; Hosted by<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikey_mu/%E2%80%8E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Mikey Muhanna</a>, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/</a>About Outline:Outline is a process-focused conversation that looks at guests’ individual projects rather than their full bodies of work. The conversation sketches the journey of the project; the spark of curiosity that led to the project, the process of implementing the idea, the struggles that emerged throughout the implementation, and the aftermath of the project that includes new questions and new ideas. The name “Outline” stems from the idea of creating a retroactive project outline which is part of a broader emphasis on the process of curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking from a nuts and bolts perspective. Outline is not discipline-specific; the series will be held with artists, academics, writers, filmmakers, among others. Join the live audience: <a href="https://www.afikra.com/rsvp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.afikra.com/rsvp</a>Follow<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/afikra/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Youtube</a> -<a href="https://www.instagram.com/afikra_/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> (@afikra_) -<a href="https://www.facebook.com/afikra.official/%E2%80%8E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> -<a href="https://twitter.com/afikra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Twitter </a>Support <a href="https://www.afikra.com/support" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.afikra.com/support</a>About afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity.  Read more about us on <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/6ed0c818-6cf3-428a-b99a-2bfa8685e409/shows/17b75121-ba58-4c0e-9bcf-b984f85d664d/episodes/cd408748-e90a-499b-a32b-9e61651fb790/afikra.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> afikra.com</a>

ANDREA ASSAF | Eleven Reflections on September | Outline

It was such an amazing surprise, while we were in Tampa, to learn from our friend Nadia about the Arab Festival that happened to be going on that weekend.  The organization Art2Action was one of the cosponsors of this amazing event.  Alia attended the festival and knew that contacting Andrea Assaf was a must after that!  We ended up recording an excellent episode not long after the festival, and it was so wonderful getting to talk to Andrea.  We talked about the organization Art2Action https://art2action.org which is the org that Andrea is the founding Artistic and Executive Director of.  We…

It was such an amazing surprise, while we were in Tampa, to learn from our friend Nadia about the Arab Festival that happened to be going on that weekend.  The organization Art2Action was one of the cosponsors of this amazing event.  Alia attended the festival and knew that contacting Andrea Assaf was a must after that!  We ended up recording an excellent episode not long after the festival, and it was so wonderful getting to talk to Andrea.  We talked about the organization Art2Action <a href="https://art2action.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://art2action.org</a> which is the org that Andrea is the founding Artistic and Executive Director of.  We…

Episode 60 in English: Andrea Assaf of Art2Action!

Dora Arreola

Dora Arreola and Andrea Assaf are longtime collaborators and award-winning theatremakers who create adventurous works that focuses on women, immigration, war and military veterans. Their projects blend music, dance and text to create theatre that is beautiful and powerful. It’s theatre as activism, and as healing. Dora teaches in the University of South Florida School of Theatre and Dance, where Andrea is a frequent guest artist through the nonprofit group, Art2Action. In their inspiring conversation with Barbara St. Clair, they talk about borders both physical and metaphorical. They share the common ground they’ve found in Dora’s Mexican heritage and Andrea’s Arab-American identity.Dora and Andrea talk about the hope you need to create art out of trauma and pain. And the joys of sharing physical theatre, dance, Shakespeare and theatre techniques from around the world with students embracing this diverse 21st century. Find out more about Dora Arreola and Andrea Assaf’s work at: Art2Action:  https://art2action.orgAndrea’s original piece drawn from the aftermath of 9/11: https://art2action.org/eleven-reflections-on-september/The R&amp;R Arts Festival 2017 of Arts by and for Veterans: https://art2action.org/rr-festival/Dora’s Mexican theatre company, Mujeres en Ritual: https://vimeo.com/channels/doraarreola https://alternateroots.org/mujeres-en-ritual-danza-teatro/ https://www.facebook.com/mujeresenritual/Dora Arreola at USF: http://theatreanddance.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?z=9&amp;a=1472The Mathematics of Love: http://theatreanddance.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?a=5249&amp;z=374Andrea Assaf at USF: http://theatreanddance.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?z=0&amp;a=41699 Parts of Desire: http://www.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?z=6&amp;a=4827

Dora Arreola and Andrea Assaf are longtime collaborators and award-winning theatremakers who create adventurous works that focuses on women, immigration, war and military veterans. Their projects blend music, dance and text to create theatre that is beautiful and powerful. It’s theatre as activism, and as healing. Dora teaches in the University of South Florida School of Theatre and Dance, where Andrea is a frequent guest artist through the nonprofit group, Art2Action. In their inspiring conversation with Barbara St. Clair, they talk about borders both physical and metaphorical. They share the common ground they’ve found in Dora’s Mexican heritage and Andrea’s Arab-American identity. Dora and Andrea talk about the hope you need to create art out of trauma and pain. And the joys of sharing physical theatre, dance, Shakespeare and theatre techniques from around the world with students embracing this diverse 21st century. Find out more about Dora Arreola and Andrea Assaf’s work at: Art2Action: <a href="https://art2action.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://art2action.org</a> Andrea’s original piece drawn from the aftermath of 9/11: <a href="https://art2action.org/eleven-reflections-on-september/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://art2action.org/eleven-reflections-on-september/</a> The R&amp;R Arts Festival 2017 of Arts by and for Veterans: <a href="https://art2action.org/rr-festival/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://art2action.org/rr-festival/</a> Dora’s Mexican theatre company, Mujeres en Ritual: <a href="https://vimeo.com/channels/doraarreola" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/channels/doraarreola</a> <a href="https://alternateroots.org/mujeres-en-ritual-danza-teatro/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://alternateroots.org/mujeres-en-ritual-danza-teatro/</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mujeresenritual/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/mujeresenritual/</a> Dora Arreola at USF: <a href="http://theatreanddance.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?z=9&amp;a=1472" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theatreanddance.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?z=9&amp;a=1472</a> The Mathematics of Love: <a href="http://theatreanddance.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?a=5249&amp;z=374" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theatreanddance.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?a=5249&amp;z=374</a> Andrea Assaf at USF: <a href="http://theatreanddance.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?z=0&amp;a=4169" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theatreanddance.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?z=0&amp;a=4169</a> 9 Parts of Desire: <a href="http://www.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?z=6&amp;a=4827" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?z=6&amp;a=4827</a>

Arts In: Dora Arreola and Andrea Assaf