{"product_id":"the-al-hamlet-summit-a-political-arabesque-paperback","title":"The Al-Hamlet Summit: A Political Arabesque - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSulayman Al-Bassam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGraham Holderness\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerful and disturbing, this version of the Hamlet story is set in a modern Middle Eastern state whose leader has just died, to be replaced by his brother, a ruthless, Westernized dictator who juggles petro-dollars, arms dealers, and democratic slogans in an attempt to quell the rising tides of Islamic extremism. Presenting a composite of many Arab concerns that affect peoples from the Arabian Gulf to the Atlantic and beyond, it is a concrete and poetic formulation of an Arab viewpoint, combining aspects of the Arab oral-poetry tradition with the rhetoric of modern-day politics. It is Hamlet as pure, dangerous politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSulayman Al-Bassam\u003c\/b\u003e is an Anglo-Kuwaiti writer and director. He is the author of the play \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror for Princes. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Holderness\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous critical studies in Renaissance and modern theatre including \u003ci\u003eCultural Shakespeare: Essays in the Shakespeare Myth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTextual Shakespeare: Writing and the Word.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9.12 x 6.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758743421216,"sku":"9781902806624","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d6f192d331f1406db71ebeb5320914c5.webp?v=1780134300","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-al-hamlet-summit-a-political-arabesque-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}