Running through the end of this week is Egyptian-born playwright Yussef El Guindi’s latest play, Hotter Than Egypt. Like the 2015 Stranger Genius Award winner’s previous work, Hotter Than Egypt similarly explores the convergent terrains of sex and politics and through a dramatic and humorous lens. Set in Cairo, the story follows an American couple on vacation for their 24th anniversary who draw their newly-married Egyptian tour guides into their marital problems. In a recent interview with the Seattle Times, El Guindi told Dusty Somers he first started writing the play in 2013, but shelved it as Egypt was undergoing a revolution
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