How can a fairytale be interpreted in the light of the uprisings in Egypt? How can issues in Shakespeare’s plays - from Romeo and Juliet to Julius Caesar - be related to the experiences of people living in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? And what role can books play here anyway?
On this week’s trip Out of the Comfort Zone, host Inna Lazareva meets Tom Sperlinger from Bristol University, who spent a semester teaching literature at the Al Quds University in the West Bank. Sperlinger discusses his experiences and talks about his forthcoming book Romeo and Juliet in Palestine, to be published in June 2015.
Music:
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Nina Simone - Why? (The King of Love is Dead)
