Hanan Qassab Hassan ( ar, حنان قصاب حسن) (b.

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

, January 1, 1952) is a prominent Syrian writer, theatre director and academic.

Biography

Hanan's father was the prominent lawyer and writer Najat Qassab Hassan. She holds a PhD in

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from the University of Paris III. She is currently the dean of the

Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts The Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts ( ar, الْمَعْهَدُ الْعَالِي لِلْفُنُونِ الْمَسْرَحِيَّةِ, al-Maʿhad al-ʿĀlī li l-Funūn al-Masraḥīyah) (HIDA), was founded in Damascus, Syria, in 1977 by ...

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

and a professor of

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at the

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. She also served as the general secretary of the

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festivity. Hassan has conducted many studies on drama,

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and culture and published in academic revues and periodicals. She works as a consultant and co-ordinator for cultural activities for the Delegation of the

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in Syria and the French Cultural Center in Damascus. She is a member of the redaction committee for 2 reviews of drama and plastic arts, published by the

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in Syria. She is also a correspondent and writer for babelMed, a cultural website financed by the European Commission.

Bibliography

*''Dictionary of Theater, Terms and Concepts of Drama and Performing Arts'', Librairie du Liban Publishers,

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, 1997 (in collaboration with Marie Elias). *''Exercises about Improvisation and Text Analysis in Theater'', Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts Publications, Ministry of Culture, Damascus, Syria, 1988 (in collaboration with Marie Elias). *''The portrait in the Arab culture'', BAHITHAT, vol X, 2004–2005,

, Lebanon.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qassab Hassan, Hanan Syrian writers University of Paris alumni 1952 births Living people Academic staff of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts (Damascus) Academic staff of Damascus University