The Domestication and Arabization of the Bard: Towards the Reception of Shakespeare in the Arab World

Since Najib al-Haddad and Tanyusʻ Abdu’s first Arabic versions of Romeo Juliet Hamlet at the end 19th century, reception Shakespeare in Arab world has gone through a process adaptation, Arabization, translation proper. We consider Arabization / domestication Shakespeare’s plays since al-Haddad’s adaptation Hamlet, to achievements Khalīl Mutran Muhammad Hamdi. underline, as particular examples appropriation, literary response Ali Ahmed Bakathir, al-Maghut Mamduh Udwan, with stress on Khazal al-Majidi his adaptations plays. All these writers reposition an entirely different cultural space.