A call for social and political justice decked out in the clothes of satire
Houmam al-Hout's play 'The Night Baghdad Fell' takes Syria by storm
By Rhonda Roumani
Daily Star staff
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
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On a dark stage as the invasion of Iraq is in full swing television newscasters read the news one by one, a spotlight illuminating each of them in turn. The Al-Jazeera newsreader speaks frantically of occupiers entering Iraq. The seductively attired Lebanese anchorwoman warns soldiers not to forget to apply tanning oil under the scorching Iraqi sun. If they're killed, at least they'll look good at the funeral.
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