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Samah Sabawi ((アラビア語:سماح السبعاوي); 1967) is a Palestinian-Australian-Canadian writer, commentator, author and playwright. She has written and produced the plays ''Cries from the Land'' (2003) and ''Three Wishes'' (2008), both successfully received in Canada.〔Mary Anne Thompson, (""Three Wishes" play opens in Ottawa" ), ''The OSCAR'', 3 December 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2012.〕〔("War from the eyes of a child" ), ''The Orléans Star'', 5 December 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2012.〕〔Brendan Ross, ("Youth explore conflict in local play" ), ''Centretown News'', 3 December 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2012.〕 In 2014, Sabawi completed a sold-out season of the play ''Tales of a City by the Sea'', which had an Arabic production by Al Rowwad Theatre in Palestine and an English production by La Mama Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.〔Samah Sabawi, ("Home" ), ''Tales of a City by the Sea''. Retrieved 24 December 2014.〕 Sabawi's essays and opeds have appeared in various media outlets including The Australian, Al Jazeera, Al-Ahram, The Globe and Mail, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald among many others. Her poetry has been featured in various magazines and books, most recently in an anthology published by West End Press titled ''With Our Eyes Wide Open: Poems of the New American Century''.〔(Retrieved 23 December 2014. )〕 She is a frequent guest/co-presenter on 774 ABC Melbourne's Jon Faine's Conversation Hour. She appeared alongside Israeli writer Ari Shavit,〔(), ''ABC Melbourne'', 21 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.〕 BBC News New York and UN Correspondent Nick Bryant,〔(), ''ABC Melbourne'', 3 July 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.〕 actress Miriam Margolyes,〔(), ''ABC Melbourne'', 30 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.〕 and numerous others. Sabawi is a policy advisor to the Palestinian policy network Al Shabaka, and a member of the board of directors of the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations.〔("Samah Sabawi, National Council on Canada-Arab Relations" ), ''CTV Newsnet Live'', 12 December 2006. Retrieved 29 May 2012.〕〔"This is not a civil war. It is a prison riot." ''The Globe and Mail Canada'', 6 April 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2012.〕 She participated in various public forums on peace building, women in conflict areas, the Palestinian right of return,〔("The Palestinian right to remain and return" ), ''Al-Ahram Weekly'', 30 June - 6 July 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2012.〕 as well as various presentations for interfaith groups.〔("Events: Women's Role in Peacemaking in the Middle East ), ''Potlucks for Peace'', April 29, 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2012.〕 Previously, she was a public advocate for Australians for Palestine,〔("Palestinian priority is to resume talks" ), ''The Australian'', 21 May 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2012.〕 Executive Director and Media Spokesperson for the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations (NCCAR), and a Subject Matter Expert on the Middle East's cultural and political landscape for the Canadian Foreign Service Institute's Center for Intercultural Learning. Samah Sabawi is currently co-editing an anthology of Jewish and Palestinian plays from diaspora for the Playwrights Canada Press, Canada’s major publisher and distributor of Canadian drama. ==Wheeler Centre Incident== Sabawi was controversially dis-invited from a speaker panel at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne, due to pressure from opposing speakers. Following a social media storm of protest, the Wheeler Centre reversed their decision.〔("Palestinian Author Dropped from Wheeler Centre Event" ), ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 21 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.〕 Sabawi joined Peter Beinart, Mark Baker, Or Avi-Guy, Maher Mughrabi and Dahlia Scheindlin in the event ''What we talk about when we talk about Israel/Palestine''. The panel was later broadcast on ABC's ''Big Ideas'' 〔("Talks" ), ''Big Ideas'' 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.〕 and is currently viewable on the Wheeler Centre website.〔("Samah Sabawi" ), ''The Wheeler Centre''. Retrieved 23 December 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samah Sabawi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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