Emirati Theatre: Ihtiraq Shamaa

Written & Directed by Ahmed Abdulla Rashed

A writer laments the past he lived and feels pain over leaving behind his most cherished creations, which were lost to him in the folds of life after he voluntarily abandoned them due to a weakness that pained him.

He had also lost his first love, who suddenly appeared one night when he was struggling to write. His friendship with a journalist obsessed with writing turns sour. The journalist is a rising young man who’s observing the writer experiencing frustration and fears to become like him.