Relative Good (Paperback)

David Gow

ISBN 10: 1897289820 / ISBN 13: 9781897289822

Published by Scirocco Drama, 2012

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Paperback. In Relative Good, David Gow grapples with the complex implications of the War on Terror, and the resulting sweeping changes to law that allow authorities to violate basic civil rights. Mohamed El Rafi is a Syrian-born Canadian engineer. He's arrested in New York's JFK airport, held without explanation, interrogated, and eventually forced to sign papers that facilitate his deportation to Syria. As Canadian government involvement only worsens El Rafi's predicament, his lawyer and wife team up in an attempt to gain his freedom in a world where, as one character says, "Sometimes the price of freedom is freedom itself." This incisive drama lays bare the absurdity of official policy, and the human cost of racial profiling. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Relative Good (Paperback)
• Publisher: Scirocco Drama
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1897289820
• ISBN 13: 9781897289822
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In Relative Good, David Gow grapples with the complex implications of the War on Terror, and the resulting sweeping changes to law that allow authorities to violate basic civil rights. Mohamed El Rafi is a Syrian-born Canadian engineer. He’s arrested in New York’s JFK airport, held without explanation, interrogated, and eventually forced to sign papers that facilitate his deportation to Syria. As Canadian government involvement only worsens El Rafi’s predicament, his lawyer and wife team up in an attempt to gain his freedom in a world where, as one character says, “Sometimes the price of freedom is freedom itself.” This incisive drama lays bare the absurdity of official policy, and the human cost of racial profiling.

About the Author

David Gow‘s plays have been seen across the USA, Canada and abroad, including productions in London, New York City, Berlin, Rome, Sao-Paulo Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Krakow, Warsaw, and many other cities. David’s plays include Cherry Docs, Relative Good, Bea’s Niece, The Wake of the Bones, Boilerplate, The Friedman Family Fortune and Elephant. Gow’s first feature film “Steel Toes,” based on his hit play Cherry Docs, has won numerous awards in the US and Canada, including Best Feature Film (Beverly Hills Film Festival) and Best Independent Feature in America (Cine Golden Eagle). David is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the Playwrights Guild of Canada.