Hanan Kassab Hassan

Hanan Kassab Hassan is a Syrian professor. She works at the Institute for Theater, Audiovisual and Cinematographic Studies (IESAV) at Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon. In addition to her long academic career, she has been a professor at the University of Damascus, Dean of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, General Director of the Damascus Opera, and General Commissioner of “Damascus: Cultural Capital of the Arab World in 2008”. She was a member of the Union for the Mediterranean Cultural Council and of the “Fondo Roberto Cimetta” for mobility. She has been a UNESCO external consultant (IFPC and ICH) and she has published several research articles about theatre and culture, including a theatre and performing arts vocabulary. She has also translated into Arabic works by Genet, Koltès, and Beckett and she has been working for Babelmed as a journalist and translator for over ten years.