Liwaa Yazji is a filmmaker, playwright, scriptwriter and poet. She has written several plays, such as Here in the Park. Yazji’s play Goats has been published in English and performed at The Royal Court Theatre. Additionally, the play Q&Q was a part of the Birth Debate Project in Manchester, along with Waiting for the Guests, which was published in Index for Censorship. Yazji was selected for ‘Arbeitsstipendien nichtdeutschsprachige Literatur’ for her next project Trash.
Yazji is a co-writer in Reveal, which is the world’s first active reality adventure story along with the Kashash Project. Her work as a filmmaker includes the feature documentary Haunted, which premiered in FID Marseille and had international tours and screening.
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