{"title":"Omar El-Khairy","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"sour-lips-book-omar-el-khairy-9781849434768","title":"Sour Lips","description":"I was still living as an Arab Muslim in America. I struggled with coming out to friends and family, and so I decided to come back to Syria. It hasn’t been easy. But we are here, just as we are everywhere.  DAMASCUS 18:00 – Amina was walking near Fares Al-Khouri Street when three armed men seized her. According to an eyewitness, Amina was bustled into ared Dacia Logan with a bumper sticker of Basel Assad. The men are assumed to be members of the Ba’ath Partymilitia or one of the security services. Amina’s present location is still unknown. Following the story of Amina Arraf, the blogger known as ‘A Gay Girl In Damascus’, and the events fomented by the media’s coverage of her kidnapping, Sour Lips fuses fantasy and non-fiction to create its own speculative narrative.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49585076732177,"sku":"GOR005903189","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51088426434833,"sku":"NIN9781849434768","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53730627780881,"sku":"NLS9781849434768","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/184943476X.jpg?v=1751186574"},{"product_id":"keepers-of-infinite-space-book-omar-el-khairy-9781783190768","title":"The Keepers of Infinite Space","description":"The world premiere of an important new piece of political theatre. The team behind the international hit The Fear of Breathing (4 Stars  Telegraph, Metro, Independent, Time Out Critics' Choice) chronicle a hidden world of incarceration where  imaginative resistance, strange  escapades and unexpected betrayals have become the norm.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49641386410257,"sku":"GOR005502039","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52778657054993,"sku":"NIN9781783190768","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53730589409553,"sku":"NLS9781783190768","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1783190760.jpg?v=1751456199"},{"product_id":"homegrown-book-omar-el-khairy-9780995757707","title":"Homegrown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSometimes your worst self is your best self. It's about shedding your skin - of slipping out of it, reborn - and free, finally. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe site-specific response to the phenomenon of young people leaving Britain to join Islamic State is about to start. But Aisha, Laila and Farouk have had enough. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHomegrown is an immersive show exploring the implications of radicalisation and extremism on the people and communities behind the headlines. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOmar El-Khairy\u003c\/strong\u003e's other plays include \u003cem\u003eBurst\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSour Lips\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Keepers of Infinite Space \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Chaplain: or, a short tale of how we learned to love good Muslims whilst torturing bad ones\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a former Leverhulme Associate Playwright at the Bush Theatre. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNadia Latif \u003c\/strong\u003ehas directed work for theatres including the RSC, Almeida, Arcola, Tricycle, Theatre503 and Soho Theatre. She works exclusively in new writing. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Homegrown is electric. Raw, honest, and compelling, no other play has so richly explored current discussions of radicalisation, Islamophobia, and youth disaffection' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArun Kundnani, author of The Muslims are Coming \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'To read Homegrown, and to imagine its live performance, is to become open to points of view completely hidden and unheard in today's clamorous world' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVron Ware, author of Who Cares About Britishness?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49647937585425,"sku":"GOR009965216","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49896352645393,"sku":"CIN0995757704VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51252928741649,"sku":"GOR012308965","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52741075435793,"sku":"NIN9780995757707","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0995757704.jpg?v=1750917151"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-omar-el-khairy.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}