Queens of Syria: screening and Q&A

University of Edinburgh Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

A group of Syrian women, now refugees exiled in Jordan, created an extraordinary modern retelling of Euripides’ 'The Trojan Women'. ​On stage the women courageously explore parallels between the ancient Greek tragedy and the catastrophe of today’s civil war. Their first-hand experience of a country in turmoil mirrors the Trojan women they portray, displaced and […]