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Jamil Khoury is a Chicago-based theater and media arts leader who creates and produces works about Middle Eastern themes and Diaspora communities. He is the recipient of multiple awards, including a 3Arts Award in Theater, and the Founding Artistic Director of Silk Road Rising, a nonprofit organization that showcases diverse stories and voices.
Jameel Khoury, also known as Jamil Khoury, is an Israeli-born actor and composer. He has appeared in TV shows such as Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Fauda and The Bureau, and films such as Out in the Dark and The Last Band in Lebanon.
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Dec 22, 2011 · Jamil Khoury is the cofounder and artistic director of Silk Road Rising, a theater company that showcases playwrights and characters of Silk Road backgrounds. He started the company in 2002 as a response to 9/11 and the clash of civilizations discourse, and faced personal tragedy when his brother-in-law was killed in a hate crime.
Jamil Khoury is a theatre producer, playwright, essayist, and filmmaker who focuses on Arab World themes and questions of Diaspora. He is the Founding Co-Executive Artistic Director of Silk Road Rising, an organization that shapes conversations about Pan-Asian, North African, and Muslim Americans.
Jamil Khoury is a Chicago-based artist who creates plays and films that explore Asian American and Middle Eastern American stories. He is the Founding Artistic Director of Silk Road Rising and the writer of The Imam and the Homosexual and Not Quite White.
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Jan 22, 2003 · Jamil Khoury is the founder of Silk Road Theatre Project and the author of Precious Stones, a play about two women in conflict and love during the Palestinian Intifada. He shares his personal and professional experiences as a gay Arab American and a storyteller of the Middle East.
Aug 27, 2013 · Jamil Khoury, Founding Artistic Director of Silk Road Rising, talks about his company's latest production, Invasion!, which challenges misinformation and racial profiling of Arab and Muslim men. He discusses the play's structure, symbolism, reception and impact on the Chicago theater community.