New essay for HowlRound Theatre Commons

Javaad’s latest article for HowlRound considers how his trilogy of plays, first written a decade ago, hold up today, following recent events in the Middle East – including Syria’s liberation from the Assad regime – and the failed promises of digital technology and internet culture:

“The debate we've been caught up in has been about whether technology is taking us to utopia or dystopia, a debate powered by the idea that technology is an agent of change. But that sense of agency has all but vanished.”