This reader examines the work of Rabih Mroue, an actor, director, playwright, and artist based in Beirut, whose complex and diverse practice spans disciplines and formats, such as music, performance, theater, and visual art. As one of the key artistic voices in Lebanon and beyond, Mroué's practice explores how varied modes of art can open up space of possibility in connection to civic and political imagination.The reader includes a range of commissioned critical essays, new translations, and anthologized texts by artists, art historians, curators, and thinkers.