{"id":12943,"date":"2021-02-14T21:48:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T02:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=12943"},"modified":"2024-07-24T11:04:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T15:04:17","slug":"ahmad-meree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/ahmad-meree\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmad Meree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Ahmad Meree is an actor and playwright who was born in Aleppo, Syria. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Theatre Arts in Cairo. Meree moved to Canada as a refugee in 2016 and now lives in Kitchener, Ontario where he works with <a href=\"https:\/\/mtspace.ca\">MT Space<\/a> (Multicultural Theatre Space) as artistic associate, facilitator, and co-director of their Young Company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"156\" height=\"240\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2021\/02\/Suitcase-Adrenaline-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12944 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2021\/02\/Suitcase-Adrenaline-book-cover.jpg 156w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2021\/02\/Suitcase-Adrenaline-book-cover-98x150.jpg 98w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 156px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 156\/240;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drama<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suitcase\/Adrenaline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Winnipeg: Scirocco Drama, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>These two powerful plays, in Arabic and English, examine the effects of war and the refugee experience.&nbsp;<em>Suitcase<\/em> considers the lives of refugees and the spaces they inhabit. The play urges the audience to reassess the significance of their possessions, the relationships they value, and all of the things they have left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Adrenaline<\/em> follows Jaber, a refugee getting ready to celebrate his first New Year\u2019s Eve in Canada after leaving his war-torn home in Syria. Using objects he has around the house, Jaber unpacks memories of war and tries to understand the price he has had to pay for his safety in Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jgshillingford.com\/product-category\/scirocco-drama\/\">Scirocco Drama<\/a>, an imprint of J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmad Meree is an actor and playwright who was born in Aleppo, Syria. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Theatre Arts in Cairo. 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