- ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sharqāwī’s (1920 – 1987, Egypt) play’s al-Ḥusayn, Thāʾiran (‘al- Husayn, a revolutionary’, 1969) and its sequel al-Ḥusayn, Shahīdan (‘al-Husayn, a martyr’, 1969) tell the story of Ḥusayn bin ʿAlī, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad, from his birth to his martyrdom. It includes his revolution against the Ummayad Caliph Muʿāwiyah after he appoints his is son Yazīd as his successor (reference). al-Sharqāwī wrote the play in the aftermath of the 1967 defeat. It was, however, never officially preformed due to censorship based on religious and political sensitivities (reference) (also in R: Religion and Sectarianism: Islam: Shia).
Refrences:
In order of appearance
- Ali al-Raʿi. 1992. “Arabic Drama since the thirties,” in Modern Arabic Literature. eds. Muhammad Mustafa Badawi. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 358-404, p.361
- Sayyid Jabīl. 2012. “‘Al-Ḥusayn Thāʾiran’… al-Masraḥiyyah al-Mankūbah.” www.elwatannews.com, 10 November 2012 https://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/74333 (last accessed 10 February 2022)