Tweet The Somali multimedia artist Ifrah Mansour, Minnesota-based Somali playwright and performer IN HER ONE WPOMEAN SHOW HOW TO HAVE FUN IN CIVIL WAR, revisitED her childhood memories during the 1991 Somali civil war to confront violent history with humor, and provide a voice for the global refugee stories of children. How to Have Fun…
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MY CONVERSATION WITH PALESTINIAN DIRECTOR, AMIR ZUABI, Grey Rock
Tweet “Making theater shows in Palestine” — with a limited infrastructure and lack of state funding — “sometimes feels like building rockets,” he said. “But when they take off, it’s glorious.” The New York Times Grey Rock tells the story of an ordinary Palestinian so enamored with the U.S. landing that he muses, “Shouldn’t Palestine,…
MY CONVERSATION WITH LEBANESE ARTIST HANANE HAJJ ALI, JOGGING
A conceptually adventurous exploration of place, identity and mythology, Jogging is gloriously unpredictable and presents a radical challenge to the stereotypes and prejudices that afflict global perceptions of Arab women. The story is told through the eyes of Hajj Ali on her daily jogging route through Beirut, Lebanon. She starts taking notes and begins to see the streets of her city with new eyes. As she jogs, she considers the city’s history of building and destruction and thinks about her roles as a woman, wife and mother. She examines her dreams and desires. And she thinks about Medea.
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