Amateur theatre group from Pakistan tours USA with Partition stories
From the Blog beenasarwar *My article on Islamabad-based group Theatre Wallay’s theatre project ‘Dagh Dagh Ujala’ (This Stained Dawn), that toured the US recently, published in Scroll.in today – Partition retold: A Pakistani theatre group dramatises survivor stories to shatter myths. Below, the unabridged version filed on Oct. 26.* [image: DaghDagh Ujala-Isbd] Scene from the play, Islamabad performance. Photo courtesy: Fizza Hassan *Beena Sarwar* An amateur theatre group in Pakistan has started its tour of the USA with a dramatisation of Partition stories based on interviews of Partition-survivors by group members. The play’s title ‘*Dagh Dagh Ujala’* (This Stained Dawn) refers to the first words of the Urdu poem ‘*Subh-e-Azadi*’ (Dawn of Freedom) by the acclaimed poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Penned in 1947 pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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