Betty Shamieh

Jan 22, 2025 | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Betty Shamieh |Alexis Burling

Bay Area author Betty Shamieh with a copy of her first novel, “Too Soon,” in her home workspace in Santa Clara. Photo: Lea Suzuki/The ChronicleIf you’re at all involved in the theater scene, you may have heard of the name Betty Shamieh. A celebrated Palestinian American playwright, Shamieh is the author of 15 plays, including the sold-out off-Broadway show “Malvolio,” a sequel to Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” and “Roar,” the first play about Palestinian Americans to grace the off-Broadway stage.

Nov 18, 2024 | indiatodayne.in | Ocean Vuong |Betty Shamieh |Loretta Rothschild |David Szalay

We Could Be Rats

Oct 30, 2024 | image.ie | Betty Shamieh |Cauvery Madhavan |Sarah Gill |Hope Road

Here, we sit down with Cauvery Madhavan to discuss beloved literary titles, writing process, and the overheard conversation at a kitchen table that planted the seed for what would become her new title, The Inheritance, 20 years later. Born and educated in India, Cauvery Madhavan moved to Ireland thirty-three years ago and has been in love with the country ever since. Previous titles by Cauvery include Paddy Indian, The Uncoupling, and The Tainted.

Sep 28, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Betty Shamieh |Alison Espach |Sally Rooney

Shamieh refuses easy moral lessons, aiming for complexity and nuance with a light, voicey touch. Multiple narratives track three Palestinian women from the Middle East to America and back again. Arabella Hajjar is a New York theater director specializing in hip adaptations of Shakespeare and making a mess of her love life; she refuses to admit to longstanding feelings for her best male friend, who happens to be Jewish.