Nine Parts of Desire

Written by Heather Raffo

Nine Parts of Desire is a portrait of the extraordinary (and ordinary) lives of a whole cross-section of Iraqi women: a sexy painter, a radical Communist, doctors, exiles, wives and lovers. Nine Iraqi women share the true stories of their lives before, during and after the regime of Saddam Hussein.This work delves into the many conflicting aspects of what it means to be a woman in the age-old war zone that is Iraq. An unusually timely meditation on the ancient, the modern, and the feminine in a country overshadowed by war.  New York premiere in October 2004, it ran for nine sold out months, and was a critics pick for over 24 weeks in a row.