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1. archive.org › details › americandervishn00akhtAmerican dervish : Ayad Akhtar : Free Download, Borrow, and ...

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   Apr 1, 2014 · American dervish. by. Ayad Akhtar. Publication date. 2012. Topics. Muslim families, Fiction, Pakistanis. Publisher.

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   Jan 20, 2022 · Amir Kapoor is a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly moving up the corporate ladder while distancing himself from his cultural roots. Emily, his wife, is white; she's an artist, and her work is influenced by Islamic imagery.

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   A concise biography of Ayad Akhtar plus historical and literary context for Disgraced.

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   Jan 14, 2021 · Disgraced. Ayad Akhtar. Bloomsbury Publishing, Jan 14, 2021 - Drama - 104 pages. “A continuously engaging, vitally engaged play about thorny questions of identity and religion in the...

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   • ISBN: 1350146501, 9781350146501

   • Author: Ayad Akhtar
   • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

5. www.researchgate.net › publication › 376892357_A(PDF) A Close Reading of Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced: Negotiating ...

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   Article PDF Available. A Close Reading of Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced: Negotiating Identity between American-ness and the Self. December 2023. Authors: Gennia Nuh. Brainware Group of...

6. ejournals.bc.edu › index › elementsMuslim Identity in 21st Century America: Ayad Akhtar's Works ...

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   Apr 1, 2015 · Recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Ayad Akhtar has been lauded as the de facto voice of the American Muslim in theatre and literature. Akhtar, A Pakistani American, claims that all of his works are inspired by his life and personal experiences; they are, he admits, a form of autobiography.

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   Who is Akhtar Ayad?

   • Among other honors, Akhtar is the recipient the Steinberg Playwrighting Award, the Nestroy Award, the Erwin Piscator Award, as well as fellowships from the American Academy in Rome, MacDowell, the Sundance Institute, and Yaddo, where he serves as a Board Director. Additionally, Ayad is a Board Trustee at PEN/America and New York Theatre Workshop.

   The Who & The What: A Play by Ayad Akhtar

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   What's so special about Ayad Akhtar's 'the who & the what'?

   • There's a lot to love and admire about Ayad Akhtar’s 'The Who & The What'. The play portrays the complex dynamics within a first-generation Muslim-American family, with particular attention to the "gender politics" and the place of women in Islam.

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   When did Akhtar write his first play?

   • In 2012, Akhtar published his first novel, American Dervish, which garnered widespread critical acclaim. He wrote his first play, Disgraced, the same year, and it premiered at the American Theater Company in Chicago in 2012. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2013, before debuting on Broadway in 2014.

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   How many Tony Awards does Akhtar have?

   • Akhtar has received two Tony Award nominations, and he won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Steinberg Playwright Award in 2017. Much of his writing centers on the experiences of Muslim American people. Akhtar’s play is set in 2011, and it explores contemporary Islamophobia in the United States.

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8. www.researchgate.net › publication › 291422034(PDF) Muslim Identity in 21st Century America: Ayad Akhtar's ...

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   Abstract. Recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Ayad Akhtar has been lauded as the de facto voice of the American Muslim in theatre and literature. Akhtar, A Pakistani American,...