Alaa by Adam Ashraf Elsayigh generative dramaturgy by Salma Zohdi directed by Karina Gutierrez In 2011, techie Alaa Abd El-Fattah emerged as a leading voice in the Egyptian Revolution through his animated political writings and activism. But Alaa has spent much of the decade since in Cairo Prisons, unlawfully held by a military regime seeking to crush him and the revolutionary movement he belonged to. Yet, they fail every day. Weaving writings and personal testimonials from Alaa and his family members, alongside vivid memoryscapes and haunting images, Alaa: A Family Trilogy is an epic dramatization of a single family’s unwavering resistance at the heart of a nation’s fight for justice.
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