Invoking story-telling performances and Middle Estern stories, ‘Arab Voices: Stories of Palestine’ is a theater festival initiated by Arab-American theater artists who have successfully brought authentic Palestinian culture to the stage. The festival is usually staged in Dar El-Nemer, Lebanon in the midst of March 2018. The project’s first event Arab Voices: here, there, now, then was held in NYU Abu Dhabi Arts Center in November 2016, in which works by Palestinian, Palestinian-American, Egyptian, Jordanian and Lebanese- American playwrights were performed. Three Palestinian led plays (FOOT, by Ismail Khlalidi, The Hour of Feeling, by Mona Mansour and FOOD AND FADWA, by Lameece Isaac and Jacob Kader) who were part of the first festival in Abu Dhabi and later brought the festival to Beirut at Dar El- Nemer during its special 70th anniversary year of the Nakba. Initiated as a series of workshops and collaborations between Arab-American artists, the festival, co-produced by Aliya Khalidi and Dima Matta, brought Palestinian stories to life. “There are a lot of Palestinians who still need their voices to be heard and our voices are here so that their voices are heard more and more” said Aliya…
Stories Come to Life with Arab Voices: Stories of Palestine Festival
June 3, 2018
