Invasion! (Winner Of 2011 Obie For Playwriting)

"Winner! 2011 Obie for Playwriting A New York Times Critic's Pick! ""Invasion!"" is a tornado of words, images and ideas, all centered around a magical name: Abulkasem. The play assaults our deepest prejudices about identity, race and language. At once hilarious, disturbing and poignant, this deeply subversive play deconstructs a threatening identity - the Arabic male - and forces us to confront our own cultural identity." Author Biography: Jonas Hassen Khemiri is a novelist and internationally acclaimed playwright considered to be one of the most important young writers in Sweden, where his debut novel was major bestseller and a generation-defining book. His fourth novel, Everything I Don't Remember, was awarded the August Prize, Sweden's highest literary honour, and was a Top Ten bestseller. Khemiri lives in Stockholm with his family. Jonas Hassen Khemiri, born in Sweden in 1978, is the author of four novels and six plays.