Withdrawal

Ahmad and Nour rent a flat so that they can spend time together away from their families, but is having a space to themselves going to solve all their problems?Withdrawal by Syrian writer Mohammad Al Attar was first performed, in this English translation by Clem Naylor, in a rehearsed reading at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2008.It was developed as part of an ambitious project by the Royal Court Theatre's International Department and the British Council, working with twenty-one writers from across the Near East and North Africa. [Publisher's text]

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