Feature: Did Cleopatra Have It All?

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Presenter: Aya Abdallah

Delivered: NY on April 1, 2018

In this afikra feature, Aya Adballah explores the life of the Egyptian Empress Cleopatra, the historical context at her time of ruling, as well as the challenges she needed to face as a leader and as a woman.

Sources & Future References

• Musical Improvisation: Play, Efficacy, and Significance | Oxford Academic

• The Many Faces of Improvisation: The Arab Taqāsīm as a Musical Symbol on JSTOR

• Building a Man on Stage: Masculinity, Romance, and Performance according to Farid al-Atrash - Sherifa Zuhur, 2003

• Tragedy in the Arab Theatre: the Neglected Genre | Semantic Scholar

• Cleopatra Through the Ages - TIME

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Delivered and prepared by afikra Community members, the presentation’s goal is to showcase the presenter’s curiosity and research, and share some knowledge on a ‎topic related to the Arab world’s histories and cultures. The presentation is the ‎culmination of the afikra coaching process to help identify a topic, find research, and develop the ‎presentation. afikra presentations come in two forms, a long question-driven afikra Feature, and a short afikra FWD with the purpose of sharing something interesting.