Local Syrian writer/actor team tells international story as Hagar debuts

It seems so far away. Yet the humanitarian crisis in Syria is also close at hand as Alma Theatre launches a new show, Hagar, at the ATB Financial Arts Barns from June 1 to June 8.
The play is a mother’s story. That it is penned and performed by two now-Edmontonians who fled Syria several years ago makes Hagar all the more relevant.
The artistic duo, writer Aksam Alyousef, 51, and lead actor Amena Shehab, 45, are a married couple with three children. Though born and raised in Syria, Alyouse