Adam Ashraf Elsayigh

Adam Ashraf Elsayigh

Cairo-born and Dubai-raised, Adam Ashraf Elsayigh is a playwright whose childhood entwined a Muslim Egyptian home, American cable and British schooling in a migrant-majority city. This upbringing at t... Read more

Cairo-born and Dubai-raised, Adam Ashraf Elsayigh is a playwright whose childhood entwined a Muslim Egyptian home, American cable and British schooling in a migrant-majority city. This upbringing at the cross-section of cultures is at the core of the stage and teleplays Adam writes today, which dramatize modern people navigating themes of queerness, labor and class across borders, all with a pinch of comedic camp.