British Muslim convert’s memoir to be made into a stage play

January 22nd, 20190 Lauren Booth author, journalist and recent Muslim convert, announced Wednesday an initiative to turn her memoir, “Finding Peace in the Holy Land”, into a stage play.  In an interview with The AANews, Booth, originally from Great Britain, said she converted to Islam in 2010. She said she didn’t lose her faith in Jesus, but...

Mona Mansour brings fallible Arab American characters to stage

June 8th, 20180   By Hanan Daqqa Fairfax County Times   "You never know where something takes you as a writer… you think you want to write about one thing and it leads you to another path." These are the words of Mona Mansour, a Lebanese American playwright who set out to write a play about her father's choice not to go back to...