Akbar Ahmed: Two Plays: Noor and the Trial of Dara Shikoh Contributor(s): Ahmed, Akbar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0863564356 ISBN-13: 9780863564352 Publisher: Saqi Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | Asian - General |
Dewey: 812.6 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.2" W x 8.2" (0.35 lbs) 128 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "Listen in rapture to the voices of modern Islam. I am in awe of this tremendous, important work."--Daniel Futterman, actor and screenwriter, on Noor "Not only a fascinating drama, but a most important, highly instructive study of the major forces within Islam . . . that grip our modern world and may help decide our global future."--Stanley Wolpert, on The Trial of Dara Shikoh Noor is the tale of three brothers attempting to rescue their kidnapped sister. Each brother represents a different ideological position in the contemporary Islamic world. While exploring the crisis of modern Islam, Noor is a heartfelt treatise for religious tolerance. The Trial of Dara Shikoh tells the story of the eldest son of seventeenth-century Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Heir apparent, Dara Shikoh is a learned scholar with a strong belief in the unity of different faiths: Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity, and Judaism. Akbar Ahmed's play highlights the complex issue of religious interpretation within a human context. With an introduction by Ari Roth, artistic director of Theater J in Washington, DC. Akbar Ahmed is the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at the American University, Washington, DC, and in 2008 he was appointed Distinguished Chair for Middle East/Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis. He is Pakistan's former ambassador to Great Britain and was awarded the Heschel-King Award for Interfaith Activism on King Day 2009. He is the author of Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization, published in June 2007. |