Dina Saleem

Bio

Dina is a writer and performer with over a decade of experience in theater and storytelling, focusing on memory, mental health, and its relationship with socio-politics in Lebanon and Palestine. In 2024, she was selected for Zoukak Theater’s advanced programs What Works? and Dramaturgy of the Actor, developing scenes through writing, body movement, emotions and intentions. Her work includes assistant writer/dramaturgy for We Are the Ones Who Live Here, a participatory play turning real stories of marginalized communities in Lebanon into performance. She has also performed in over seven plays across Beirut’s stages.

She performed a monologue on a young woman’s conflict with traditions, family and culture for New Perspectives Theatre Company’s Stories from the Street (NYC) and developed a full scene in the Women Theatremakers Playwriting Workshop led by Lameece Issaq. She co-devised a play, later censored in Lebanon, and co-created a forum theatre piece with Fighters for Peace.