About Jean Daoud

Jean Daoud blends art, play, and creativity into a Therapeutic journey that touches the heart and mind.

 Scientific Innovations: Holistic Method

He created and developed the Holistic Method (since 1981), with three subdivisions:

A- Play, Art, And Creativity Therapy

He taught Play, Art, and Creativity Therapy –the Therapeutic branch of his Holistic Method– in the psychology department of the Lebanese University and has been training psychotherapists on his method since 1986.

B- The Sufi Method

Created the Sufi method in actor training (hundreds of actors, trainers, and activists in the field of nonviolence have been trained according to this approach).

He is the author of the theory of Artistic Sufism, followed by the Dramaturgy of the Actor (its applications are throughout his method).

C- Creative Pedagogy

He established and developed holistic techniques in creative education and sustainable human development. (Its applications are in the field of education and personal and community development.

His Holistic method has also witnessed high demand and implementation beyond these fields, with applications for instance, in non-violence training, dance, and employee support among others.

  Academic and Administrative Responsibilities

1. External Evaluator for the European Union’s Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s program (2024-…_)
2. External Evaluator for the Jordanian University of professors’ research and artistic works for the purpose of rank advancement (2015-…).
3. Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture at the Lebanese University (2014).
4. Member of the Lebanese University Council (2014 – 2019).
5. Government Commissioner to the Lebanese University (2014 -2020).
6. Head of Research Team and Coordinator of the Art and Art Sciences specialization at the Higher Institute for Doctoral Studies in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (2012 – 2015).
7. Former Head of Acting Department and then Department of Theater, Cinema, and Television at the College of Fine Arts and Architecture – II.
8. Founder and former head of the Department of Art Education at the Faculty of Education.

 Workshop-Seminars and Conference Interventions

Jean Daoud wrote dozens of theorization and research papers; He presented them at scientific conferences and seminars in Arab and international gatherings. They include:

1. Paths of Psychotherapy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: The Imperative of Play, Art and Creativity (Workshop – Seminar at the Higher Institute for Doctoral Studies in Arts and Humanities (July 2025))
2. Daoud’s Method, No Place for Shadows: A Workshop for Souls who Support (First Mental Health Conference: Supporting the Supporters – Ain Wazein Hospital, Chouf, June 2025)
3. A Family that Plays, a Safe Family for Sustainable Development (Workshop – Seminar at the Higher Institute for Doctoral Studies in Arts and Humanities (2024))
4. The Effectiveness of Play, Art, and Creativity in Strengthening Awareness and Sustainable Development (Third International Psychologists Conference on Psychology, October 1, 2023)
5. Black Holes in the Unconscious: Healing and Confrontation According to Play, Art, and Creativity (Symposium at the Higher Institute for Doctoral Studies, November 2, 2023)
6. Overcoming Violence in the Family According to Daoud’s Method (a research paper presented at a workshop entitled “Empowering women with tools to protect against violence”. The workshop was organized by the International Center for Human Justice, in partnership with the Syndicate of Educational Technology in Lebanon. December 11, 2023).
7. Noh Theatre, Sufi Theatre, and Contemporary Acting (Higher Institute for Doctoral Studies in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, August 1, 2023).
8. I Play, Therefore I Am Free. I Am Free, Therefore I Exist (First International Conference on Interdisciplinary Studies “Humanities and Social Change”, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, March 2018).
9. Symbolism in Formation and Reformation (The Symbolic Father Conference at the Higher Institute of Arts and Humanities at the Lebanese University, May 2018).
10. Psychotherapy and Sustainable Self-Development: The Imperative of a Holistic Approach (Higher Institute for Doctoral Studies in Arts and Humanities – June 2018).
11.  The Role of Art in Building Peace in the Time of Neo-Paganism (presented at a youth conference that included more than four hundred participants from more than fifteen countries, Lebanese University, Hadath Campus, August 2016).
12. Wadih El Safi, a Voice Echoing the Mission of the Homeland, published in the book “Wadih El Safi, a Voice for a Homeland,” Lebanese University Publications, 2016. He was the editor of this book and its publication.
13. Theater as a Pathway to Psychotherapy. Ain Zahalta, 2016.
14. Art and Peacebuilding (Higher Institute of Technology, Saida, 2015).
15. The Image of the Other Between the Sufi Method and its Reality in the Arab World (a study based on a sample of theatrical texts participating in the Tayeb Salih International Competition), Beirut, 2014.
16. The Purity of the Actor against Silent Traps (Intellectual Symposium, Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts – Kuwait 2014).
17. The Dramaturgy of the Actor: A New Vision and Dimensions (Intellectual Symposium, Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts – Kuwait 2013)
18. Play Therapy and Creativity are Two of the Working Axes of the Dramaturgy, Acting and Texts Laboratory since 1986 (Conference on Contemporary Research Trends in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Lebanon, 2011, Higher Institute for Doctoral Studies – Lebanese University).
19. Theater and its Role in Creative Education.
20. For a Lebanese university (Proposals and Dynamic Content for Developing Curricula and Other Methods and Forms of Union Work in the University).
21. The Formation of the Actor between the Institute and the Professional Workshops (Sharjah – 2011)
22. A Standing Point in Actor Training: Gender difference ( Jordan – October 2008)
23. On the Formation of the Actor: Silent Traps (Tunis, April 28, 2005)
24. The dialectic of rules and non-rules in writing theatrical texts (Experimental Theatre Festival – Cairo 2005)
25. The Dramaturgy of the Actor (Beirut Theatre Conference – 2005)
26. Classical or Colloquial: The Actor Is the Language of the Theater (Sharjah – December 2005)
27. Theatrical Character (adaptation, based on Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”. This work was performed as an experimental adaptation that condenses the entire play into a single character in order to highlight the role of theatrical character in authorship and directing).
28. Study of “The Dream Maker” (a model for studying a theatrical text and analyzing a character).
29. The Theatrical Audience in Lebanon.
30. Documentary about Theater in Lebanon (two hundred pages. It constitutes a history and archive of the theater movement and spectacles in Lebanon from ancient Phoenician times to modern Lebanon until 1984).
31. Acting Troupes in Lebanon.
32. Theaters in Lebanon.
33. Youth and Volunteer Work: Analysis and Proposals to Improve the Situation of Youth in Lebanon (A preliminary study for writing a screenplay and shooting a documentary film about youth and volunteer work)
34. ” This is the Form I Envision for the Political Party” (not published)
35. ” Echoes searching for a Homeland “
36. Naming the Venue for the Theatrical Performance.
37. The Authority of the Theater Hall and its Subjection to Authority.
38. The Theater Hall is a Reflection of the Social Mind.
39. On the Study of the Playwright.

   Academic work at the Lebanese University

A- Institute of Fine Arts

He taught the following courses at the Institute of Fine Arts:

1. Directing (for Theatre)
2. Dramaturgy
3. The Dramaturgy of the Actor (a master’s course on one concept from his Holistic method)
4. Research methodology
5. He supervised more than two hundred academic theses within the framework of the postgraduate diploma (DES) and master’s degrees in theater and cinema.
6. He supervised the translation, adaptation, and direction of more than two hundred theatrical works.

B- Faculty of Education

At the Faculty of Education, he taught the courses: “Education and the Art of Acting” (the course framework was a professional and experimental), Research Methodology, Textual Analysis, Playwriting, and Theater and School Curricula, in addition to courses on training educator on the use of theater in education and its “Teaching Track” (training and observation, training and participation, and training and practice) where he supervised students’ implementation of the principles he taught them.

He also supervised the production of dozens of students’ works in the Department of Theater Education as part of their graduation projects.

He has also served as the Theater Department Coordinator since he established it.

C- Faculty of Letters and Humanities

He has taught the following courses at the Faculty of Letters and Humanities at the Lebanese University since 1986:

In the Psychology Department: Art Therapy and Group Dynamics, Brief Therapies,

In other departments, such as the French Literature: Research Methodology, Cultural Issues and Problems, Theater, Literature and Theater, Cinema, Literature and Cinema, Literature and Other Arts, Photography.

D- Doctoral School in Letters, Humanities, and Social Sciences

1. He supervised doctoral dissertations in Arts and Art Sciences in the specializations of theater, modern arts, cinema, and urbanism.
2. He chaired and was a member of debate committees for dozens of doctoral dissertations (he continues to supervise and debate to this day) in psychology, theater, cinema, social sciences, urbanism, Arabic scripture art…

E- Academic Work at the Holy Spirit University

At the Holy Spirit University, he taught the following courses: 1- Research Methodology; 2- Criticism and Theories ; 3- Playwrights; 4- Screenwriting.

He also supervised several Master’s theses at the same university, including: *”The Actor and Ethics,” *”An Approach to the Electra Myth in Greek and French Theater,” *” School Theater Curricula in Lebanon: Between Theory and Practice,” *”Actor Training Techniques and Their Educational Applications”, *”Color: Its Meanings Throughout the Ages and Its Dramatic Impact in Theatrical Performance,” * ” The Theater of the Oppressed”, *”Michael Chekhov’s Method of Actor Training “…

Membership in Academic and Administrative Scientific Committees and Missions

He held academic, administrative, and committee positions at the Lebanese University, including:

1. Strategic Issues Committee of the Lebanese University Council (2014- 2016).
2. Psychology Planning and Organization Committee of Training in all Psychology Sub-Disciplines (Decision of the Lebanese University’s President number 1574, 2017. The committee is still active. Its president is the current head of the newly created Union of Psychologists in Lebanon (2017 – 2020).
3. Academic Development Committee of the Lebanese University Council (2014 – 2016).
4. Research Management Committee at the Higher Institute for Doctoral Studies in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the Lebanese University (2012 – 2019).
5. Research Committee of the Lebanese University Council (2014- 2017).
6. Scientific committees in the Faculty of Arts and Architecture (2002-2012) and the Faculty of Education (1998-2002) at the Lebanese University.
7. Committee for Evaluating and Renewing the Department of Acting, Cinema, and Television in the Faculty of Arts and Architecture (2002).
8. The committee for developing the curricula of the Faculty of Arts and Architecture. Commissioned by the presidency of the Lebanese University (2003 and 2007).
9. Committee for Coordinating Academic and Artistic Activities Programs for the Faculty of Arts and Architecture (2005).
10. The Curriculum Development Committee of the Faculty of Education (2000 -2002).
11. Committees for Creating the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees curricula in Art Education: Theater at the Faculty of Education (2002).
12. Head of the Acting Department and then the Theater, Cinema, and Television Department at the Faculty of Arts and Architecture – Branch Two for ten years: between the academic year 2001-2003, then from 2005 until 2013.
13. Coordinator of the Department of Art Education – Theater, at the Faculty of Education at the Lebanese University for four years, 1997-2001. He is one of the founders of this department.
14. Entrance exams committees (Department of Theater, Cinema, and Television in the Faculty of Arts and Architecture and Department of Art Education Theater in the Faculty of Education). (2007-2013).
15. Coordinator of the Arts and Art Sciences specialization at the Higher Institute for Doctoral Studies in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences & Head of the Research Unit for this specialization (2012 – 2015).
16. Representative of the professors in the Faculty of Arts and Architecture – Branch 2 (2013).
17. Coordinator of an array of projects to highlight the image of the Lebanese University, including the establishment of the Lebanese University Choir, the establishment of the Academic Guidance and Open Doors project with more than three hundred university professors with the aim of providing academic guidance to school students, introducing them to the national university and attracting them to it.

He founded and organized the “First Festival of Theater and Performances” in Lebanon and the Arab World

He founded and organized the first festival of theater and performances in Lebanon and the Arab World in 1983, and funded it. Participating plays: “The Guest” or “The Toot Family”, “The Pot is Lost”, “The Zoo Story”, and “The Blue Comedy”.

He founded the “Beirut Theatre Congress”

He founded the Beirut Theatre Congress and was elected its Secretary General.

1. The conference was held in its first session in 2003 with the participation of more than thirty Lebanese, Arab and European researchers and academics, and it was entitled: “The Reality of the Theatrical Movement in Lebanon and the Arab World”.
2. The second session of the conference was held in 2005 with the participation of more than forty Lebanese, Arab and European researchers, and it was entitled: “The Actor in the Arab World, Aspirations and Prospects”.

The conference proceedings included dozens of valuable papers by a distinguished group of academics from Egypt, Tunisia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, and some Arab theater practitioners based in Europe.

Chairman and member of arbitration committees

A- Head of arbitration committees        

1. University Theatre Festival in Sharjah, UAE, 2010
2. Sharjah Theatre Days – Sharjah, UAE, 2013

B- Member of arbitration committees   

1. Golden Moon Festival – Lebanon (for three editions),
2. School Theatre Festival in French.
3. Sharjah Theatre Days – Sharjah, UAE 2005.
4. University Theatre Festival – Oman (Sultan Qaboos University) 2007.
5. National Festival of Professional Theatre – Algeria 2009.
6. Playwriting Competition (for adults) – Arab Theatre Authority, Sharjah, 2013.
7. Third Academic Festival – Kuwait 2013
8. Theatre and Heritage Festival – Oman 2013
9. School Theatre Festival in cooperation with the Association Alef for three consecutive years.

Educational, Human Development, and Creative Consultant

1. He provided dozens of consultations on developing the field of psychology and its curricula, and on developing professional training in the field to meet the requirements of the psychology profession.
2. He provided hundreds of consultations regarding academic development, developing and promoting scientific research, and advancing the national university.
3. He provided dozens of consultations regarding the development of undergraduate and master’s degree curricula and the establishment of new master’s programs.
4. Developmental planning, proposals, and responses to consultations aimed at improving the university and the quality of education. (This team worked for more than six years (2014-2020)
5. He provided technical consultations in the field of theater architecture.
6. He provided consultations in the field of citizenship and peace education. He also conducted a series of workshops that made his methodology available to organizers and facilitators of nonviolent movements – in cooperation with the Lebanese Association for Civil Rights, the Spanish Association for Nonviolence, and the Arab University for Nonviolence (AUNHOR).
7. He submitted proposals and participated in the preparation for a conference to revive Lebanese television, and he participated in the aforementioned conference (1986).

Among his other activities

1. He has proposals regarding the development of education in schools. He participated in a conference of the Psychology Department at the Lebanese University on the topic of “What School Do We Want?” where he introduced the Creative Education branch of his Holistic method as a pathway for freeing education itself and the children’s growth from unnecessary constraints.
2. Participated in planning youth development programs.
3. He prepared and participated in the Theatre Conference (Lebanon 1982), the first national conference in the field in Lebanon.
4. He taught mathematics at the intermediate and secondary levels for ten years.

He founded the “Theater for Life” association, aiming at improving the lives of individuals and communities through arts, and the “For Quality Education” association. He chairs both associations.

Playwriting and Directing

1. Wrote and directed “Between Me and Me: She“. The first performances of this play were presented in Tunisia: Tahar Haddad Cultural Center, University of Carthage, Ben Arous Cultural Center – August 2005. Sharjah, UAE, May 2006. Spain (Tortosa International Festival, October 2006). Italy (March 2007). In addition to a number of performances in Lebanon (during 2005-2006 at the “Mono” Theater between the 20th and 30th of December 2007). Algeria (2010).
2. Wrote and directed “Searching for Paradise “. (Presented in Beirut, October 2008. A play focused on dependence prevention)
3. Wrote and directed “Mouakoun “. (April, May, June 1999 – Beirut Theater).
4. Wrote and directed “The Celebration of a Number Actor“. (June 1988 – Saint-François Theatre).
5. Translated and directed “Higher Censorship“. Text by Jean Genet. Paris 1981. Lebanon 1982.
6. Wrote and directed “Women’s Revolution“. (Lebanon1977).
7. Wrote and directed “Come What May“. (Toured in UNESCO Palace, Beirut, Sir El Danniyeh, Qartaba and Hazmiyeh, 1972).

Plays

1. Some of Jean Daoud’s plays in Arabic: 1- “The Celebration of a Number Actor”, 2- “Mouakoun”, 3- Between Me and Me: She,” 4- “Chito,” “ 5- Me and the Priest, ” 6- “The Clever Monkeys, ” 7- “ The Prodigal Son,” 8- “The Boat of the Three,” “ 9- Thou Shalt Not Kill,” 10- “The Last Battle of the World,” 11- “Rising from the Ashes,” “ 12- Coccinelle / Hypnotumm ” (in French)  13- “La Toupie” (in French), 14- “The Eyes of the Master and the Water of Pilate”, 15- “Diary of an Eastern Woman”, 16- “Chocolate”, 17- “Dr. Tse-Tse”, 18- “Qardhak”, 19- “Goodies, or Introduce Yourself”, 20- ” Women’s Revolution”, 21- “Come What May” 22- ” James and Chee” (in English), 23- “Imperfections” (in French)…
2. In addition, he wrote, prepared, directed, broadcast programs, and contributed to the management of programs for a private radio station for two years (1978-1980).

Directing and producing hundreds of documentaries

1. Prepared and directed a documentary film about “Theater and Performances in Lebanon”. (Two and a half hours long. Presented to the press in 1986).
2. Prepared and directed a documentary film about the Higher Institute of Arts in Paris. (36 minutes long. Filming and editing were completed in France, February 1988.) The film is titled : “Un Laissez-passer au Conservatoire National Superior d’Art Dramatique à Paris”
3. Produced and directed more than five hundred short documentaries for the Spanish-language global network Televisa. They were broadcast from Mexico via satellite to the Spanish- speaking world (1990-1995).
4. Producing, filming, screenwriting, and directing “The Returning Cedars“. (Documentary about the Cedars of God forest in Lebanon, Beirut 2019).
5. Review and development of dozens of dramatic and non-dramatic television series

Establishing and Forming Professionals in Lebanon

He founded the “Laboratory of Dramaturgy, Acting and Texts”

It is an active research and training laboratory in actor training, writing, and directing. Since 1981, it has trained hundreds of actors and launched dozens of research projects on actor training, dramaturgy, and the role of dramaturgy in actor training, writing, and directing.

He founded the “Creative Education Laboratory”

Through this workshop, since the 1980s, he has worked on developing approaches and techniques that allow for the use of theater and the arts in creative education. He has trained hundreds of educator on including creativity in their pedagogical approach and teaching methods. A parallel and complementary experience to this workshop was the educational workshop on children’s creativity, which was the first space of practice for the trained educators.

He adapted the actor’s techniques of his Holistic Method to peace education and non-violence: theater, anti-violence, and peacebuilding.

1. Training the first Arab group of nonviolent activists in thought, education, and approach to peaceful struggle (2004).
2. Workshop for training trainers and facilitators of non-violence in the field of human rights, theatrical activity, and non-violence. Lebanese Association for Civil Rights (2005).
3. A training workshop on actor training techniques and nonviolent theatre, based on Jean Daoud’s Holistic Method, for a group of Arab nonviolent activists with the Arab University of Non-Violence and Human Rights (2009-2010)

Creative Performance in Dance

He gave a workshop entitled “Performance Creativity” to the Lebanese National Team in Sports Dance (Mont La Salle, 2007).

A Therapeutic Workshop for Young Addiction Prevention

He gave a therapeutic workshop to immunize young people against addiction (a workshop that lasted nine months, Mother of Light Association- Oum el Nour, a specialized organization in addiction prevention and treatment, 2008).

A Therapeutic Workshop for Addicts

He gave a therapeutic workshop for recovering addicts (a workshop that lasted nine months, Mother of Light Association- Oum el Nour, 2013).

Play, Art, and Creativity Therapy Laboratory (permanent professional training)

Within this professional framework, he trains psychotherapists to work according to the therapeutic branch of his Holistic method: Play, Art, and Creativity Therapy. The workshop cycle lasts between nine months and a year, depending on the weekly frequency. One of the workshops extended for four years (2013-2018); the trainee took part in the “First Scientific Congress on Art, Play, and Creativity Therapy” where they related their experiences in applying Daoud’s method in different psychotherapeutic domains (the papers of this conference were published in a book).

Dozens of workshops specializing in Actor Formation (permanent professional Training)

He gave dozens of specialized workshops in actor training, including the Sharjah workshop – May 2006, and the Oman workshop – December 2013 … In addition to workshops in Beirut since 1986.

Training Educators and Teachers in Creative Education

1. He gave a series of workshops in training educators and teachers in creative education, including a workshop organized by the French Cultural Mission in Lebanon, Beirut (2005).
2. He gave various workshops to train teachers to benefit from the actor’s techniques in the educational process, benefiting from his Holistic Method (recurrent workshops).

Forming Actors, Directors and Playwrights (permanent professional workshop)

He gave dozens of specialized workshops in training actors, directors, and producers, including:

The ongoing workshop in the Dramaturgy, Acting and Texts Laboratory has been running since 1986. This workshop was accompanied by a number of parallel workshops in Beirut and the Arab world.

Play, art, and creativity therapy (short workshops)

He has conducted a series of workshops on Play, Art, and Creativity Therapy techniques since 1986, in addition to a lecture-workshop in Tripoli in 2011, dozens of workshops to train psychotherapists on using his Holistic Method or “Play, Art, and Creativity Therapy” techniques in their work, and the Free Academy Workshop on Play and Art Therapy for Psychologists from 2013 to 2020.

Screenwriting Workshop for Film and Television

He gave a two-month screenwriting workshop for film and television (Byblos). He also trained screenwriters for more than thirty groups.

Various training workshops

– He gave a training workshop for a group of people with visual impairments entitled: “A Window to the Light ”. He gave a series of training workshops as part of youth workshops on non-violence and human rights in youth camps …

 Academic Degrees

• Doctorate in Cinema and Theatre (Dramaturgy and Directing) – Paris VIII, France, 1985
• Diplome d’Etudes Superieures (DES) in Acting from the Institute of Fine Arts, Lebanese University, 1981
• Three years of study in mathematics, physics, and chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University.
• Lebanese Baccalaureate – Specialization in Mathematics, 1971

Academic rank

Professor (by virtue of Decree 898, after fulfilling the scientific requirements according to the laws of the Lebanese state)

Theater activist in the Arab world

He is a founding member of the Arab Theatre Institute, and director of workshops and training programs in the United Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, among others… His activities in the Arab world include :

·       United Arab Emirates

1. A founding member of the Arab Theatre Institute, which was established in Sharjah. He participated in developing its work strategy for more than four years.
2. A specialized workshop for preparing actors in Sharjah – May 2006.
3. Workshop in Dramaturgy and Theatre Directing. Sharjah 2010
4. Head of judging committees at the University Theatre Festival in Sharjah, UAE, 2010, and at the Sharjah Theatre Days – Sharjah, UAE, 2013.
5. Member of the jury at the Sharjah Theatre Days – Sharjah, UAE, 2005.
6. Member of the judging panel for the playwriting competition (for adults) – Arab Theatre Authority, Sharjah, 2013.
7. He presented his play “Between Me and Her” in Sharjah during May 2006.
8. He gave a series of meetings and consultations on directing in Sharjah.
9. He participated in a number of scientific conferences in Sharjah, and among his interventions are :
   1. Classical or colloquial: The actor is the language of the theater (Sharjah – December 2005)
   1. The formation of the actor between the institute and the professional workshop (Sharjah – 2011)

·       Sultanate of Oman

1. A specialized workshop for actor training in Oman – December 2013.
2. Member of the judging panel at the University Theatre Festival – Oman (Sultan Qaboos University) 2007,
3. Member of the jury for the Theatre and Heritage Festival – Oman 2013.

·       Arab Republic of Egypt

1. Intervention entitled “The Dialectic of Rules and Non-Rules in Writing the Theatrical Text” (Experimental Theatre Festival – Cairo 2005).
2. Member of the Administrative Committee of the Arab Theatre Authority at the first edition of the Arab Theatre Festival (Cairo)

·       The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

1. Gave a workshop on putting his method at the service of peace and non-violence (2007).
2. Intervention titled “Margin in Actor Training: Gender Difference” (Jordan – October 2008) .
3. Participation as a researcher in the twelfth edition of the Arab Theatre Festival (Jordan-2020)

·       State of Kuwait

1. Member of the judging panel at the Third Academic Festival – Kuwait 2013.
2. Participation with a research paper entitled “The Dramaturgy of the Actor: A New Vision and Dimensions” (Intellectual Symposium, Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts – Kuwait 2013).
3. Participation with a research paper entitled “The Purity of the Actor Against Silent Traps” (Intellectual Symposium, Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts – Kuwait 2014)

·       Algerian Republic

1. Member of the jury at the National Festival of Professional Theater – Algeria 2009.
2. He presented his play “Between Me and Me: Her” in Algeria (2010).

·       Republic of Tunisia

1. Participation in a research paper entitled “Within the Formation of the Actor: Silent Traps” (Tunis, April 28, 2005).
2. The first performances of his play “Between Me and Me: Her” were presented at the Tahar Haddad Cultural Center, University of Carthage, Ben Arous Cultural Center – Tunisia, in August 2005.
3. He participated as an assistant director in “The Dream Maker” in Carthage, Tunisia, in 1985.
4. Participated as a member of the administrative committee of the Arab Theatre Authority in the second edition of the Arab Theatre Festival (Tunis).

·       Republic of Iraq

1. He participated as an assistant director in “The Dream Maker” at the Baghdad Festival in 1985.

·       Arab World Level

1. Director of the Arab Theatre Festival in its third edition in Beirut (Lebanon 2011).