{"id":1303,"date":"2026-02-16T12:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2026-03-05T22:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:21:29","slug":"michael-ross-playwright-lecture-2026-art-and-censorship-an-artists-journey-from-prison-to-exile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/?p=1303","title":{"rendered":"Michael Ross Playwright Lecture 2026: Art and Censorship &#8211; an Artist&#8217;s Journey from Prison to Exile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A talk by Birkbeck&#8217;s Honourary Research Fellow&nbsp;<strong>Hossam Madhoun<\/strong>&nbsp;followed by a Q&amp;A led by playwright and screenwriter&nbsp;<strong>Hannah Khalil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When:&nbsp;09 March 2026, 19:00 \u2014 21:00<br>Venue: Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free tickets can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/events\/event\/57512\/art-and-censorship-an-artists-journey-from-prison-to-exile\">The Michael Ross Playwright Lecture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively, you can watch it for free at home on this link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Art and censorship - an artist&#039;s journey from prison to exile\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xTy2_QG4Vtc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hossam-The-Emigrants-02-2022.jpg.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hossam-The-Emigrants-02-2022.jpg-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hossam-The-Emigrants-02-2022.jpg-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hossam-The-Emigrants-02-2022.jpg-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hossam-The-Emigrants-02-2022.jpg-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hossam-The-Emigrants-02-2022.jpg.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Hossam Madhoun<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A talk by Birkbeck&#8217;s Honourary Research Fellow&nbsp;Hossam Madhoun&nbsp;followed by a Q&amp;A led by playwright and screenwriter&nbsp;Hannah Khalil. 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