In person(s)

Soukaina Habiballah and Hanane Hajj Ali: words from women in the Arab world

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Left: Portrait of Soukaina Habiballah.

Right: Hanane Hajj Ali for her show “Jogging”.

© Hind Alilich (Soukaina Habiballah) Marwan Tahta (Hanane Hajj Ali)

By: Pascal Paradou Follow

1 min

Women from the Arab world in the spotlight at the Festival d'Avignon.

2022 is practically the first year where parity is respected. 

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The

Shaeirat

("poetesses")

project introduces us to the female voices of contemporary Arabic poetry.

As for the show 

Jogging 

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it takes us through the stories of four women from the Arab world in a single stage.

Guests:

Soukaina Habiballah,

Moroccan poet and novelist born in Casablanca in 1989, Soukaina Habiballah has published four collections of poetry, a collection of short stories and a novel.

Awarded the Buland Al Haidari Arabic Poetry Prize in 2015, she is also the author of a short film 

Who Left the Door Open

 ?

Henri Jules Julien

(project designer) for the

Shaeirat project. 

Hanane Hajj Ali

,

Lebanese artist, researcher and director for her show “Jogging”.

The “Jogging” show to be seen at the Festival d'Avignon from July 20 to 26, 202

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at the Théâtre Benoit-XII.

And Fanny Imbert's column on parity at

the Festival d'Avignon

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