The Masrah Ensemble is hosting staged readings of several plays at the Mansion in Zoqaq El Blat to celebrate the release of the the book entitled “Doomed by Hope: Essays on Arab Theatre”. The plays that will be read are: “Thirst for Dialogue” by Saadallah Wannous, “Une Mort Ephémère” by Wannous, “Drunken Days” by Wannous, “Baghdad Wedding” by Hassan Abdulrazzak, and “Talkback” with playwright Abdulrazzak.