Hanan Qassab Hassan (Arabic: حنان قصاب حسن) (b. Damascus, 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 French literature from the University of Paris III. She is currently the dean of the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts in Damascus and a professor of Art history at the University of Damascus. She also served as the general secretary of the 2008 Arab Capital of Culture festivity.^[1]

Hassan has conducted many studies on drama, performing arts, plastic arts 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 European Commission 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 Ministry of Culture in Syria. She is also a correspondent and writer for babelMed, a cultural website financed by the European Commission.^[2]

Bibliography

• Dictionary of Theater, Terms and Concepts of Drama and Performing Arts, Librairie du Liban Publishers, Beirut, Lebanon, 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, Beirut, Lebanon.

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