COUNTING IN SHA'AB by Emma Goldman-Sherman

Published: Dec. 22, 2019, 9:30 a.m.

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"Life as usual and then the sky falls in."

There\'s a crater in the middle of the street - again. After a deadly car bomb explodes in the Sha\'ab neighborhood of Baghdad, grocery store owner Abu Omar and\\xa0his neighbors attempt\\xa0to clear the rubble and assess the damage.\\xa0Is this the new normal?\\xa0\\xa0

Directed by Obie winner\\xa0Omar\\xa0Metwally (Guards at the Taj, "The Affair"),\\xa0Emma Goldman-Sherman\'s\\xa0COUNTING IN SHA\'AB asks who - and what - counts in a community where everyday life is disrupted every day.\\xa0

Featuring\\xa0Ramsey Faragallah ("Madam Secretary," "Mozart in the Jungle")\\xa0Rasha Zamamiri ("Ramy," NYTW\'s\\xa0Aftermath),\\xa0Peter Ganim ("Quantico," Broadway\'s\\xa0Oslo),\\xa0and\\xa0Eden Zane (The Tempest, Project Olympus),\\xa0the episode also includes a behind-the-scenes conversation with host Claudia Catania, the playwright, and the creative team.\\xa0

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