About Me

Hello!

I’m Sara and I’m a playwright from Cairo, based in Glasgow. I’ve been working in the arts on a freelance basis for several years now, and do a bit of everything from creating work to organising events and project managing international work in the UK.

As a playwright I’ve received development support from the National Theatre of Scotland, Creative Scotland, Playwrights’ Studio Scotland, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Edinburgh International Festival. I’ve had work read at the Tron Theatre (Glasgow), Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh), Village Pub Theatre (Edinburgh), Platform (Easterhouse), Rich Mix (London) and the CCA (Glasgow), and I’ve had plays produced internationally in Germany, South Africa and Uganda.

In 2017, I began to take on producing projects, most notably project managing the Arab Arts Focus showcase at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and partnering with the Workers Theatre to crowdfund and create Megaphone, a new bursary aimed at supporting artists of colour based in Scotland. I was Executive Director of Highlight Arts between 2019 -2021 and I often work as an administrator for small film festivals in Glasgow.

In 2021, my first play Niqabi Ninja was produced by Independent Arts Project (Edinburgh) in association with Hewar Company (Alexandria), it opened at Shubbak Festival in London, followed by a Scotland-wide tour and a run at the Edinburgh International Festival.

I am also an occasional performer, you might find me performing in rehearsed readings and I often compere events in Scotland, such as Chill Habibi or Morning Manifesto.

I’m always up for a chat and coffee so please do get in touch!