Seneca's Agamemnon Performed in Arabic

The fabula crepidata Agamemnon of Seneca the Younger is performed in Arabic based on the professional translation of Prof. Abdel Moaty Shaarawy, see the post about this translation here .

The performance was produced by the cultural program of the Egyptian Radio (Radio Cairo) and now available on the You Tube channel of this program.

Seneca's Medea performed in Arabic

The fabula crepidata Medea of Seneca the Younger is performed in Arabic based on the professional translation of Prof. Abdel Moaty Shaarawy, see the post about this translation here .

The performance was produced by the cultural program of the Egyptian Radio (Radio Cairo) and now available on the You Tube channel of this program. Medea is done by the famous Egyptian actress Samira Abdelaziz. It is a familiar voice for every Egyptian as she is moderating, since 1975 until today, a radio program called "Said the philosopher", in which she, as a female student with an angelic voice, asks a certain philosopher about a certain virtue. Now, as a Medea, she lectures us about her the virtue of revenge !

The Iliad: A Radio Drama in Arabic based on Homer's Iliad

The Iliad: A Radio Drama in Arabic

The Egyptian Radio has produced a Radio drama in Arabic based on Homer's Iliad. It is unknown when this drama was broadcasted, but most probably after 1967. This approximate date is based on the fact that Ali Azzab, one of the two writers of the drama, graduated from the higher institute for theatrical fine arts in Cairo in 1967.  The second writer of the drama is Helal Abouamer. No more information is available about the second writer or this adaptation. Fortunately You Tube hosts the full audio (about two hours) of this piece.

According to Wikipedia, a radio drama is "a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a visual force in the psychological dimension".