{"product_id":"jabber-paperback","title":"Jabber - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcus Youssef\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDennis Foon\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike many outgoing young women, Fatima feels rebellious against parents she sees as strict. It just so happens that she is Egyptian-born and wears a hijab. When anti-Muslim graffiti appears on the walls of her school, Fatima transfers to a new school. The guidance counsellor there, Mr. E., does his best to help Fatima fit in, but despite his advice she starts an unlikely friendship with Jorah, who has a reputation for anger issues. Maybe, just maybe, Fatima and Jorah start to, like, like each other ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their mutual attraction grows, the lines Fatima and Jorah cross as they grow closer become the subject of an intense exploration of boundaries - personal boundaries, cultural boundaries, and inherited religious and political boundaries. Fatima and Jorah discover that appearances matter; they've been exposed for their whole lives to images that begin to colour their relationship: images of the Middle East, the working class, and how teenage boys and teenage girls behave. Put all these reactive factors together in the social laboratory that is a high school and observe: is there a solution for Fatima and Jorah?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHigh school, like no other social space, throws together people of all histories and backgrounds, and young people must decide what they believe in and how far they are willing to go to defend their beliefs. Inside a veritable pressure cooker, they negotiate cross-cultural respect and mutual understanding. \u003cem\u003eJabber\u003c\/em\u003e does its part to challenge appearances - and the judgments people make based on those appearances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCast of 1 woman and 2 men\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of Marcus's plays were written or created with friends and colleagues. They include \u003cem\u003eWinners and Losers\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Leftovers\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Jabber\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e How Has My Love Affected You?\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Ali and Ali and the aXes of Evil\u003c\/em\u003e, Adrift, \u003cem\u003ePeter Panties\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e A Line in the Sand\u003c\/em\u003e. These have been performed across North America, Australia, and Europe, and recently off-Broadway. Marcus's plays are also translated into multiple languages and published by Talonbooks and Playwrights Canada Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor awards include Alcan Performing Arts, Chalmer's Canadian Play, Arts Club Silver Commission, Seattle Times Footlight, Vancouver Critics' Choice Innovation, and numerous local awards in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. Marcus is the winner of the 2017 Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award for writing - the award is given for outstanding artistic achievement by a Canadian mid-career artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell-known in Vancouver as a cultural advocate, Marcus is artistic director of Neworld Theatre, co-founder of Progress Lab 1422, and chair of the city of Vancouver's Arts and Culture Policy Council. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDennis Foon\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Detroit-born playwright, novelist, producer, and screenwriter. He was the founder and artistic director, from 1974 to 1986, of Vancouver's Green Thumb Theatre, a company that soon evolved into a cutting edge theatre with an award-winning repertory of plays about the reality of young people and the dilemmas they face.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48711032078585,"sku":"9781772015010","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/lka7CYeNqU9781772015010.webp?v=1784980032","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/jabber-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}