North Central College's visiting scholar-in-residence Riad Ismat, former ambassador to Pakistan and minister of culture, will give a free talk about theatre and diplomacy at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, in Smith Hall at Old Main, 30 N. Brainard St. Ismat serves as North Central's visiting professor of arts and letters and teaches courses in playwriting, acting and directing, besides lecturing on Syria, Arabic literature and drama. An acclaimed dramatist in the Arab world with 34 books to his credit, Ismat served as Syrian minister of culture from 2010 to 2012 and also served as Syrian ambassador to Pakistan and Qatar, director general of State Radio & TV and rector of Syria's Academy of Dramatic Arts. He earned a postgraduate diploma in theater directing at Cardiff University, United Kingdom, and received a certificate in television production and direction from the BBC. He was a Fulbright fellow and awarded a doctorate in Shakespeare studies from Greenwich University.
North Central College's visiting scholar-in-residence Riad Ismat, former ambassador to Pakistan and minister of culture, will give a free talk about theatre and diplomacy at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, in Smith Hall at Old Main, 30 N. Brainard St. Ismat serves as North Central's visiting professor of arts and letters and teaches courses in playwriting, acting and directing, besides lecturing on Syria, Arabic literature and drama. An acclaimed dramatist in the Arab world with 34 books to his credit, Ismat served as Syrian minister of culture from 2010 to 2012 and also served as Syrian ambassador to Pakistan and Qatar, director general of State Radio & TV and rector of Syria's Academy of Dramatic Arts. He earned a postgraduate diploma in theater directing at Cardiff University, United Kingdom, and received a certificate in television production and direction from the BBC. He was a Fulbright fellow and awarded a doctorate in Shakespeare studies from Greenwich University.