Heather Raffo's Iraq Plays: The Things That Can't Be Said: 9 Parts of Desire; Fallujah; Noura [Hardcover]

The Things That Can't Be Said: Three Plays About Iraqis a trilogy of plays by renowned Iraqi American playwright/performer Heather Raffo including9 Parts of Desire, Fallujah: TheFirst Opera about the Iraq War, andNoura.

In these three works Raffo explores the indelible effects of war on Iraqis, Americans, and the refugees caught between the two cultures. When considered together, these three works give voice to nearly two decades of rarely examined traumas that have reshaped cultural and national identity for both Americans and Iraqis since the events of 9/11.

Heather Raffo is a renowned playwright and performer whose work has been described by The New Yorker as an example of how art can remake the world. An American with Iraqi heritage, her work is seen as a rare bridge between western and eastern cultures.

With ongoing debates about the legacy of America's foreign wars and future role in the Middle East, this volume offers a uniquely historical and deeply human perspective on the political issues of our time. Spanning a decade and a half, together these works form a mosaic of untold stories that were ground breaking in their time and continue to profoundly impact communities and classrooms internationally.

9 Parts of Desire(2003): First Choice/The Best Shows in London by The Times, and as one of the Five Best Plays in London by The Independent. Its award winning, Off-Broadway premiere ran for nine sold out months and was a critics pick of the The New York Times, Time Out, and Village Voice. The play then received productions in nearly every major regional theatre market in American before being translated for international productions in Brazil, Greece, Sweden, Hungary, India, Turkey, Malta, France, Iraq, Egypt, and Israel. It was the first commercial hit on a national and international stage by an Arab American playwright helping to birth a new genre of Middle Eastern American Theatre.