Inspiration Sources
The play’s writing process had lasted six (6) months and takentook place in three (3) cities: Tunis, Berlin and Manila. The inspirational trinity - music, books and solitude- had kept me company through to the end. Admittedly, solitude cannot be shared but let me tell you about the tunes and texts that had lit l the way for me.
Books to nurture the soul
Canticles of the Life, Abou el Kacem Chebbi
Rubaiyat, Omar Khayyam
The Epistle of Forgiveness, Abul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri
Décadence, Michel Onfray
Le Cycle des Anges, Bernard Werber
Le Cycle des Dieux, Bernard Werber
Bienvenue au Paradis, Bernard Werber
Submission, Michel Houellebecq
Egyptian Book of the Dead, Ani
Walden, Henry David Thoreau
Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
Sputnik Sweetheart, Haruki Murakami
1984, George Orwell
Door of Perception, Aldous Huxley
The Gay Science, Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche
On the Nature of Things, Lucretius
The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri
Music for the gratification of the senses
Hopelessness, ANOHNI
Contrasts II, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
Cello Suites, Bach
Ouï, Camille
Rest, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Heartache City, Cocorosie
Iris Extatis, Daphné
Spleen and Ideal, Dead can dance
Abu Nawas Rhapsody, Dhafer Youssef
Pacifisticuffs, Diablo Swing Orchestra
Plague Mass, Diamanda Galas
Fight Like A Girl, Emilie Autumn
Naphtaline Orchestra, EZ3kiel
Concierto En Canto, Fatima Miranda
Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Henryk Górecki
Savage Sinusoid, Igorrr
Ritual Spirit, Massive Attack
Requiem in D minor, Mozart
Lïan, Rïcïn
Time Out, Sainkho Namtchylak
Brighter Wound, Son Lux
Xtabay, Yma Sumac
Bebalee, Fairuz