Dr. Lina Abyad

Previous Professions

  • Associate Professor, 2012-present, Communication Arts Department (Theatre), The Lebanese American University.

Honorary Office & Memberships

  • Co-founder of Beirut 8:30 (a theater company), 2011-present.
  • Head of the Jury for the Prize of Dr. Sheikh El-Sultan Bin Mohammad El-Qasimi, Festival du Théâtre Arabe, Rabat, 2015.

Field(s) of Expertise

Drama

Education

  • Doctorate degree, Theatre, 1995, University Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III, France.
  • Master's degree, Theatre, 1990, University Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III, France.
  • Bachelor's degree, Psychology, 1981, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Exhibitions, Lectures & Performances

  • Speaker at the Global Shakespeare Workshop on Exploring Cross Gender Casting at the New York University-Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Abu Dhabi, 2014.
  • Speaker at the Global Shakespeare Workshop on Exploring Cross Gender Casting at the New York University-Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Abu Dhabi, 2013.
  • Speaker at the 9th Women Playwright International Conference on reading of the play written by Abyad: Algerian Miniatures, Sweden, 2012.
  • Speaker at the Sharjah International Book Fair on the "Experience of the Pocket Theatre in Beirut, Damascus and Cairo", United Arab Emirates, 2011.

Awards

  • Received the "Prize of his Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al-Qassimi" for the "Dictator", as best theatrical work for the year 2013, Sharjah, 2013.
  • Received the Mellon Award by the American University of Beirut (AUB) for producing the play "Tea with Biscuits in Prison" - a collective creation, Beirut, 2011.