Grants & Awards




Prizes and Residencies

European Network of Opera Academies, Theaterakademie August Everding (Munich), Artist-in-Residence, 2023–24

Theatertreffen (Berlin), Stueckemarkt Shortlist, Playwright, 2019

Theatertreffen, International Forum, Fellow, 2017

Festival de Marseille/One Space, Playwriting Commission, 2017

Ellen Stewart International Award, Masrah Ensemble, Finalist, 2016

The Saison Foundation (Tokyo), Visiting Artist Fellowship and Residency, 2014

Sundance Institute (Utah), Theatre Lab, Artist-in-Residence, 2013

Salzburg Global Seminar, Young Cultural Leader, Fellow, 2012

International Federation for Theater Research, New Scholar Prize, 2007 & 2008

Paul H. and Brigitte Fry Cup for Excellence in the Arts, Yale University, 2007



Fellowships

UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities, Doctoral Research Project Studentship, 2021–24

Fulbright, Syria, 2007–8

Charles P. Howland fellowship, Yale University, Syria, 2007

John Boit Morse Memorial Fellowship, Yale University,  Egypt and Lebanon, 2006

Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar, Egypt, 2005



Other Selected Grants (by organization)

Masrah Ensemble (2012–19)
Prince Claus Fund       
Violet Jabara Charitable Trust       
Arab Fund for Arts and Culture       
Hivos           
Culture Resource
Ettijahat – Independent Culture   

Network of Arab Alternative Screens (2017–21)
Ford Foundation
Open Society Institute   
Robert Bosch Stiftung