Author: Heather Raffo
Year: 2021
Geography: Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom
Synopsis: Noura by Heather Raffo explores the fractured identity of an Iraqi Christian refugee struggling to reconcile past and present in post-9/11 America. Inspired by A Doll’s House, the play centers on Noura’s internal exile, resurfaced secrets, and cultural conflict during a Christmas gathering. As her carefully built American life unravels, tensions around womanhood, exile, and belonging erupt. Part of Raffo’s collected works, Noura offers a rare, feminist lens on refugee life and the emotional toll of assimilation.
Publication: Raffo, H. (2021 2021). Noura. In Heather Raffo’s Iraq Plays: The Things That Can’t Be Said (pp. 92–149). London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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