Kareem Fahmy

Kareem Fahmy is a NYC-based playwright and director from Sherbrooke, QC. His plays A Distinct Society, American Fast and Dodi & Diana have been produced across the US. Other plays include Fountains of Youth, Pareidolia, The In-Between, and an adaptation of the novel The Yacoubian Building. Commissions: Audible, Artists Rep, Colt Coeur, Ensemble Studio Theatre, inaugural recipient of The Next Forever Commission from The Civilians/Princeton University. Fellowships: Yaddo, MacDowell, Sundance.

The new play Riparian States is inspired by the conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Following an international cast of scientists, politicians, and journalists navigating the dam’s future, the play explores the histories and cultures of two of Africa’s oldest societies, addressing climate, geopolitics, and water’s mystical role as a great interconnector. Some say “the next world war will be fought over water.” Riparian States shows how close this may be.