Group Photo: A Tribute to Roueida Ghali – Post-Performance Gathering, Graduating Students, Lebanese University
This video captures a warm and heartfelt moment following the final performance by graduating theater students at the Lebanese University. Surrounded by her students, Roueida Ghali stands at the center of a joyful group photo—an expression of their appreciation, admiration, and love.
With affection, the students refer to her simply as “Rwita”, honoring her not only as a teacher but as a guiding spirit who helped shape their artistic voices and personal growth. The atmosphere is one of celebration, gratitude, and deep emotional connection.
More than a snapshot, this moment represents years of shared work, trust, and creative transformation. It is a quiet tribute to the role Roueida has played in the lives of her students—and to the enduring impact of mentorship in the world of theater.
<!– –>A Tribute to Roueida Ghali – Post-Performance Celebration, Lebanese University
This video captures the culmination of months of hard work, creativity, and deep emotional growth in the final performance by graduating theater students at the Lebanese University. The two-hour production featured a cast of approximately twelve young actors, each engaging with demanding and complex dramatic texts—some of the most challenging material they’ve encountered in their academic journey.
The video opens with a group photo—a moment of shared accomplishment and joy. What follows is a deeply moving tribute to their professor and mentor, Rwita Ghali. With warmth, humor, and gratitude, the students reflect on the transformative power of her teaching. They speak of how her passion for physical theater, her uncompromising artistic standards, and her boundless support changed their lives—not just as actors, but as human beings.
“Rwita,” as they affectionately call her, is more than a teacher. She is a guide, a force of artistic integrity, and a maternal presence who challenged them to go beyond the text, to find meaning, emotion, and truth in their bodies and their voices.
This video is a tribute to that journey—one that does not end with a performance, but continues in every life she has touched.
During the 2015–2016 academic year, Roueida Ghali’s students at the Lebanese University – Faculty of Fine Arts participated in a wide array of community-based initiatives. These included theatrical performances for children, public clowning events, workshops on social awareness, and storytelling sessions in hospitals and orphanages. The work reflects her emphasis on theater as a tool for civic engagement and her commitment to embedding artistic training within public service and humanitarian practice.
In 2016–2017, Roueida Ghali taught a specialized 40-hour course titled “Théâtre et Masque” at the Lebanese University – Faculty of Public Health, Department of Occupational Therapy. The course focused on the therapeutic and expressive potential of mask work and physical theater for fourth-year students pursuing a clinical and developmental track. This role reflects Roueida’s broader commitment to applied theater as a tool for education, transformation, and healing.
Workshops & Affiliations
- International Dance Organization – Lebanon Chapter (Fanoos)
Listing and profile of the Lebanese chapter of IDO, where Roueida Ghali contributed to dance education and performance standards. - Workshop on Union-Based Cultural Organizing (Thawra)
Coverage of a workshop focused on collective organizing and artistic labor rights, featuring Roueida Ghali among the participating artists and educators.
Affiliations
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International Dance Organization – Lebanon Chapter
Directory listing highlighting Roueida Ghali’s participation in the Lebanese branch of the International Dance Organization, supporting dance education and international exchange.
About This Analysis | عن هذا التحليل
In this intellectually rich and evocative piece, theater artist and researcher Roueida Ghali offers a reflective reading of the play “The Road” by Hungarian-Swiss author Ágota Kristóf. Written as part of a university course on Theatrical Character Study at Saint Joseph University (USJ) under the supervision of Dr. Sawsan Bou Khaled (2020), the analysis blends theatrical interpretation with ecological and existential insight.
The play imagines a desolate future stripped of nature, where endless concrete roads replace living landscapes, and people roam without direction, feeding on each other — physically and metaphorically. Roueida dissects characters like “The Singer”, “The Gardener”, and “The Man in the Complete Suit”, showing how the dream of progress becomes a technological nightmare. What remains of humanity when memory, connection, and nature vanish?
The analysis is interwoven with clear explanations of climate change and global warming, connecting the dramatic structure to real-world ecological collapse. Theatrical metaphor and scientific fact merge into a compelling commentary on human disconnection from the natural world.
This document is a powerful example of Roueida Ghali’s interdisciplinary approach — blending theater, academic inquiry, and environmental awareness.
في هذا النص الفكري العميق والمعبّر، تقدم الفنانة والباحثة المسرحية رويدا الغالي قراءة تأملية لمسرحية “الطريق” للكاتبة المجرية السويسرية أغوتا كريستوف. كُتب هذا التحليل ضمن مادة دراسة الشخصية المسرحية في جامعة القديس يوسف (USJ) تحت إشراف الدكتورة سوسن بو خالد، عام 2020، ويجمع بين القراءة المسرحية والرؤية البيئية والوجودية.
تتخيل المسرحية مستقبلاً خالياً من الطبيعة، حيث تهيمن الطرقات الإسمنتية على المشهد، ويهيم البشر على وجوههم بلا اتجاه، يتغذون من بعضهم — حرفياً ومجازياً. تقوم رويدا بتفكيك شخصيات مثل “المغنية”، و”البستاني”، و”صاحب البزة الكاملة”، لتبيّن كيف تحوّل الحلم بالتقدّم التكنولوجي إلى كابوس، وتسأل: ماذا يبقى من الإنسان حين تُسلب منه ذاكرته، وعلاقاته، وطبيعته؟
يتخلل التحليل شرح واضح لمفاهيم تغيّر المناخ والاحتباس الحراري، مما يربط بين البنية الدرامية للنص المسرحي والانهيار البيئي الواقعي. فيمزج بين المجاز المسرحي والحقيقة العلمية في تعليق عميق على اغتراب الإنسان عن الطبيعة.
يُعد هذا النص نموذجاً واضحاً على المقاربة متعددة الأبعاد التي تعتمدها رويدا الغالي — حيث تدمج المسرح بالبحث الأكاديمي والوعي البيئي.
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