Lampert, Paul2019-07-022019-07-022019-04-022019-07-02http://hdl.handle.net/10315/36351The author examines the limitations and potential in the "Arabization" of the playwriting process through an exploration of the Lebanese Civil War and the inheritance (or erasure) of intergenerational memory. Through a series of studio and written explorations, the author investigates conventional play-writing techniques and questions the capacity to de-center the locus of knowledge from a European lens. The two year exploration culminated in the play "The Green Line," which in and of itself is a discussion of transmigration and racial/ethnic building identity politics. The author interrogates the effectiveness of the "Arabization" endeavor and discusses findings that point to the potential ways the exploration failed and succeeded.enAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Performing artsElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2019-07-02ethnicity/raceracial identityethnic identityarab identitydiaspora identityanti-colonizationanti-imperialismplaywritingtheatrewritingdecentering european locus of knowledgequeering locus of knowledgearabization of playwritingcanadian theatreidentity politicsidentity constructionLebanese Civil WarBeirutqueer Beirutqueer LebanonLGBTQ+ identityracializationrace politics.