"Ashtar Theatre: Misk al-Ghazal Makes the Palestinian Theatre Bloom", a Newspaper Clipping from al-Ayyam, Issue No. 1125, 7 February 1999

Issued on 7 February 1999, this newspaper clipping from al-Ayyam contains an article written by Ahmad abu Salʿum titled, "Ashtar Theatre: Misk al-Ghazal Makes the Palestinian Theatre Bloom", discussing "Misk al-Ghazal" [Women of Sand and Myrrh], a play produced by Ashtar Theatre as an adaptation of Lebanese Author Hanan ash-Shaikh's novel of the same name, performed at the East Jerusalem YMCA in al-Quds (Jerusalem) on 4 February 1999. Abu Salʿum praises the play and the novel as well as the play's music by Aude Turjuman and the simple but significant stage decoration. He then describes Algerian Writer Tahar Ouettar 's novel, "The Shaheeds are Coming Back", as rebellious in the field of Arabic novels.