Cultural Consulting

I support organizations and creative teams in expanding ethical representation of SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) cultures, histories, and communities. This includes providing cultural context, sensitivity reviews, and guidance on language, traditions, sociopolitical nuance, and diasporic perspectives. Whether it’s a script review, casting advice, or partnership guidance, I make sure the work aligns with lived experiences and not stereotypes.

Related Work

Conference Session: ​Egyptian Notions of Spectacle and Theatre in al-Tahtawi's "The Extraction of Gold in the Summary of Paris"; American Society of Theater Research Conference, November 2025

Panel: “Playwrights and Practitioners of MENA/SWANA in Conversation: Beyond the Single Narrative”; with Session Coordinator: Q-mars Haeri, and other panelists: Mona Kasra, Burcu Seyben; Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference, July 2025

Practice/Production Symposium: “BABA: Pursuing a Dramaturgy of the Egyptian and Egyptian-American Family”; Meeting the Audience Half-way: New Dramaturgical Connections; Mid-America Theatre Conference 2024, Practice-Production Symposium, March 2024 

Middle Eastern Theatre Focus Group | Archiving Initiative focused on creating a MENA play academic database.

Shows

Sekhmet Unraveled,  by Dr. Sarah Fahmy and Nabra Nelson
Shahadat (The Testimonies), by Fouad Teymour
Full on Cleopatra, by Yussef El Guindi
Baba, by Denmo IbrahimGaza Monologues, dir. Mantra Radhakrishnan