Zahra Airall Explained

Zahra Airall
Birth Place:Antigua
Nationality:Antigua and Barbuda
Occupation:Women's rights activist, filmmaker, playwright

Zahra Airall is a writer, women's rights activist, film maker. director, and playwright from Antigua and Barbuda.[1] She is a founding member of the organization Women of Antigua[2] and is one of their executives.[3] She is the director of the Sugar Apple Theatre in Antigua.[4] [5] She has written plays such as The Forgotten, which was performed in the Caribbean Secondary Schools Drama Festival by Antigua Girls' High School.[6] Airall is one of the contributors to She Sex,[7] a collaborative book with sections written by different Caribbean women.[8] She also writes short stories such as "The Looking Glass".[9] She wrote a specially commissioned monologue for Heather Doram.[10]

Awards

She has won multiple awards at the National Youth Awards (Antigua),[11] including the award for literary arts in 2016 for her involvement in many things over the years including works within the organization Women of Antigua (When a Woman Moans, Vagina Monologues) and August Rush (Expressions).[12] [13] Zahra has produced and scripted stage as well as film/TV content and steps on stage in numerous productions and in from of the camera (on Keeping it Real).[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Being a feminist in the Caribbean. Antigua Observer. Joanne C.. Hillhouse . Joanne C. Hillhouse. 4 November 2017. 2 June 2012.
  2. Book: Louise., Kras, Sara. Antigua and Barbuda. 2008. Marshall Cavendish Benchmark. 82. 9780761425700. 2nd. Tarrytown, New York. 71800621. registration.
  3. Web site: TEDxAntigua - Meet the Team. tedxantiguabarbuda.com. 4 November 2017.
  4. News: Playwrights and Screenwriters (the Antigua-Barbuda connection). 1 March 2014. Wadadli Pen. 21 April 2018. en-US.
  5. Web site: Tangled web returns to the stage . Caribbean Times News. 4 November 2017. 9 October 2015.
  6. Web site: An unforgettable plot. The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian . Wesley. Gibbings. 6 November 2015. 4 November 2017.
  7. Book: She sex : prose & poetry - sex and the Caribbean woman. Obè. Paula. Carol N. Hosein. 978-1494213794. Trinidad and Tobago. Bamboo Talk Press. 2013. 872607310.
  8. Web site: Sex, between the lines. Mark. Fraser. Trinidad Express. 16 March 2020. 18 November 2013. Also at: Web site: EyeNews. www.ieyenews.com. 20 November 2013. 4 November 2017.
  9. Web site: Zahra Airall - "The Looking Glass" - Short Story - (Antigua and Barbuda) - Theorizing Homophobias in the Caribbean (mv). www.caribbeanhomophobias.org. en. 19 April 2018.
  10. Web site: HEATHER DORAM - THE ULTIMATE ARTIST OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA. 2021-12-17. www.ba-theatre.com.
  11. Web site: Zahra Airall wins National Youth Awards - Wadadli Pen. wadadlipen.wordpress.com. 8 February 2016. 4 November 2017. en.
  12. Web site: Youth awards, a hopeful night -- a night of inspiration. Antigua Observer . Joanne C.. Hillhouse . 4 November 2017. 6 December 2010.
  13. Web site: Zahra Airall wins National Youth Awards . 2023-03-09 . Wadadli Pen . en.
  14. Web site: Zahra Airall wins National Youth Awards . 2023-03-09 . Wadadli Pen . en.

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