Over the years, we have produced many essays, op-eds, blog posts, articles, and more that supplement our artistic work and advocate for Silk Road communities in the arts. Below, you will find a selection of written works that chart our journey over the past twenty years.
February 12, 2021 American SWANA: A Progressive Theatre Movement Soars, by Jamil Khoury
March 19, 2019 An Intoxicating Journey, by Jamil Khoury
Febuary 12, 2019 Running the Obstacle Course, by Jamil Khoury
December 14, 2018 I produced an interfaith play. Then all hell broke loose., by Malik Gillani
June 15, 2017 An opening to a better understanding of Islam, by Malik Gillani
February 10, 2017 Two States, Sure, but How About a Six-Play Solution?, by Jamil Khoury
November 26, 2016 What Can Theatre Do? A Post-Election Colloquy, Part 1, by Jamil Khoury
June 21, 2016 Crossing Orlando, by Jamil Khoury
November 4, 2015 Parsing Disgraced: An Assault, A Critique, and A Truce, by Jamil Khoury
September/October 2015 Identity Nation: One Theatre Maker's Perspective, by Jamil Khoury
September 1, 2015 Mass Media Muslims: A Three Lens Theory of Representation, by Jamil Khoury
April 3, 2015 A Contrarian View: Race, Representation, and Islamophobia in Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced, by Jamil Khoury
January 30, 2015 Silk Road Solos: The Genealogy of a Timeless Genre, by Jamil Khoury
November 7, 2014 The Good, the Bad, and the Hopeful: Reflecting on Silk Road Rising's Induction into Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, by Jamil Khoury
June 2014 Blessed Union: Religious Communities/Secular Theatres, by Jamil Khoury
January 6, 2014 Fears of the Artist, by Jamil Khoury
December 5, 2013 Humor Me Some Social Change, by Jamil Khoury
June 14, 2013 Mary Responds: My Interview With Mary Zimmerman, by Jamil Khoury
July 11, 2013 Towards an Arab American American Theatre Movement, by Jamil Khoury
June 11, 2013 The Trouble with Mary, by Jamil Khoury
Spring/Summer 2009 Inspiration In The Overlap, by Jamil Khoury
October 1, 2009 Dramatizing the spectre of Jewish civil war unleashes pangs of my own, by Jamil Khoury
October 1, 2008 A Voice of One's Own: Setting the Stage with Specific Authenticity, by Jamil Khoury
November 25, 2005 What Makes Good Theatre? What Purpose Does Good Theatre Serve?, by Jamil Khoury
March 26, 2004 Tea and Empathy: Adventures in Japanese-America, by Jamil Khoury