Omar El-Khairy Trailers

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Omar El-Khairy is a playwright, screenwriter and essayist. He is a former Leverhulme Associate Playwright at the Bush Theatre. His plays include 'Burst', 'Sour Lips', 'The Keepers of Infinite Space' and 'The Chaplain: or, a short tale of how we learned to love good Muslims whilst torturing bad ones'. His last play 'Homegrown' was originally commissioned as part of the National Youth Theatre’s 2015 season. Omar is also a founding member of both Paper Tiger, a collective of theatre and filmmakers, working collaboratively and autonomously, and Shade, a digital magazine covering art, culture and politics. His first short film 'No Exit' received its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival 2014, and screened both nationally and internationally.