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Jenin Freedom Theatre actors Faisal Abu Alhayjaa (left) and Ahmed Alrakh performing Athol Fugard's "The Island," which recently toured the U.S. (Courtesy of Jenin Freedom Theatre)

Same apartheid drama, on a new stage

The Jenin Freedom Theatre wraps its tour of Athol Fugard’s ‘The Island’ in New York City, bringing Palestinian cultural resistance and prisoner experiences to U.S. audiences. NEW YORK — You would think the words “Israel,” “Palestine” and “occupation” would have to be spoken during a theatrical production tackling the Palestinian political prisoner experience. Not so in the…

By Matt Surrusco September 29, 2013

The Freedom Theatre, Jenin. Photo by Activestills.org

Jenin’s Freedom Theatre premieres Waiting for Godot

Ramallah–During the first act of Samuel Beckett’s 1952 tragicomedy Waiting for Godot, one of the play’s protagonists, Estragon, turns to the other, Vladimir, and blankly notes to the audience, “Nothing to be done.” Vladimir returns, “I’m beginning to come round to the opinion.” Jenin’s Freedom Theatre Company, whose spirited performance of Beckett’s seminal work opened…

By Joseph Dana September 13, 2011

The Freedom Theatre, Jenin refugee camp Photo by: Keren Manor/Activestills.org

Jenin’s Freedom Theater raided by the Israeli army

Overnight, roughly 50 Israeli Special Forces troops raided the Jenin Freedom Theatre in the Jenin Refugee Camp in the Northern West Bank according to members of the theater. The Freedom Theater is often associated with slain Palestinian-Jewish actor Juliano Mer Khamis and his vision of cultural resistance to Israeli occupation. Mer Khamis was shot by unknown gunman outside of…

By Joseph Dana July 26, 2011

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