ALL PROJECTS
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AND HERE I AM
ARTISTS ON THE FRONTLINE
Director
A powerful coming of age story from Jenin Refugee Camp Palestine. Continuing touring globally for eight years.
πPALESTINE / FRANCE / UK / BELGIUM / CHILE / SWITZERLAND / GERMANY / ITALY / CATALUNYA / SLOVENIA / EGYPT / ZIMBABWE / INDIA / PAKISTAN / NORWAY
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QUEENS OF SYRIA
YOUNG VIC CO-PRODUCTION
Director
An adaptation of Euripidesβ Trojan Women created and performed by 13 women displaced from Syria.
πSYRIA / UK
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SO MANY REASONS
FUEL THEATRE
Director
A bold, intimate, and fiercely honest play exploring the collision of patriarchy & religion told through the lens of Rachel Ofori.
πSOHO THEATRE / UK TOUR
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THE SIEGE
THE FREEDOM THEATRE
Co-Director
Based on the true story of Palestinian armed resistance fighters held under siege in the Church of the Nativity.
πPALESTINE / UK / USA
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THE LAST HARVEST
NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE
Co-Creator & Co-Director
A site specific response to food shortages across the UK due to the climate crisis, created with young people and local farmers.
πSOULTON HALL FARM
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THE HOST
NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE
Director
An urgent response to the Brexit vote, the European refugee crisis and increasing far-right government policies.
πYARD THEATRE, UK
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THE FEAR OF BREATHING
Director & Writer
A verbatim piece based on the testimonies of those participating in the Syrian Revolution.
πSYRIA / UK / JAPAN
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THE REVOLUTION'S PROMISE
ARTISTS ON THE FRONTLINE
Writer & Co-Creator
A mass mobilisation project based on testimonies with Palestinian artists who have been imprisonment, torture and murdered.
πPALESTINE / GLOBAL
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KEEPERS OF INFINITE SPACE
Director
An exploration of the Israeli prison system and the violence enacted on over 40% of the male Palestinian population.
πPARK THEATRE, UK
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VISIT BETHLEHEM
ARTISTS ON THE FRONTLINE
Director
A street performance taking audiences in London on a tour of one of Palestineβs most famous cities Bethlehem.
πVAULT FESTIVAL, UK
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WHAT ELSE?
THE FREEDOM THEATRE
Co-Director
Created with youth from Jenin Refugee Camp in the response to the murder of Juliano Mer Khamis, artistic director of The Freedom Theatre.
πPALESTINE / FRANCE / AUSTRIA / GERMANY / SWITZERLAND
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND
THE FREEDOM THEATRE
Co-Director
A radical remiagining of Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carrollβs story is told through a distinctly Palestinian social and political lens.
πJENIN REFUGEE CAMP, PALESTINE
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LOST BOYS
NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE
Director
Created with young people in the UK, this musical explores male depression and suicide in the North of England.
πUNITY THEATRE, LIVERPOOL / UK TOUR
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TINY ACTS
CSSD
Co-Director
An intimate promenade performance combining music and dance telling telling stories of tiny acts of resistance to stop climate crisis.
πSHORDITCH TOWN HALL, UK
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KUFFIYEH MADE IN CHINA
RADA
Director
A sharp, satirical play by Dalia Taha interrogating identity,, and globalisation through the iconic Palestinian symbol of the kuffiyeh.
πGIELGUD THEATRE, UK
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CONCRETE JUNGLE
Director
Exploring the daily reality for young people growing up in London facing police brutality, a failing education system and no access to work.
πRIVERSIDE STUDIOS, UK
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IN A THOUSAND SILENCES
VITUAL REALITY
Co-Creator & Writer
Using the latest digital technology to defy borders, walls and checkpoints, global audiences are immersed in Palestinian cultural spaces.
πPALESTINE / SCREENING GLOBALLY
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WITH FIRE & RAGE
IMMERSIVE AUDIO
Co-Creator & Writer
Combing testimony with art, 360 photography, poetry and music, this smartphone adventure explores cultural resistance in Ukraine.
πUKRAINE / UK
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MAYDAY
CITIZEN JOURNALISM PLATFORM
Creator & Editor
A digital platform for artist-led citizen journalism from Jenin Refugee Camp, Palestine.
πPALESTINE / GLOBAL
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THE CULTURAL INTIFADA
DIGITAL ACTIVIST ARCHIVE
Co-Creator & Co-Writer
A digital archive documenting a global movement of creative resistance against cultural genocide in Palestine.
πPALESTINE / GLOBAL
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RESHAPE
PROTOTYPE
Co-Creator & Co-Writer
A research-driven prototype and reimagining the arts ecosystem and collaborative change-making in the culture.
πEUROPE
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EGYPT & CLIMATE CRISIS
AUDIO SERIES
Co-Creator & Co-Producer
An audio series talking to artists from Egypt and of Egyptian heritage about climate, crisis, environment, protest and change.
πEGYPT / GLOBAL
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MESSAGES FROM GAZA
AUDIO SNAPSHOTS
Co-Creator & Audio Editor
Audio snapshots from Hossam al-Madhounβs messages sent from Gaza during the genocide. Part of a long term collaboration between Theatre For Everybody & AZ Theatre.
πPALESTINE / GLOBAL
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A POINT OF CONNECTION
AUDIO SERIES
Co-Creator & Co-Producer
An audio series exploring how we build connection, through smashing oppression, shatter stereotypes, and reclaim space.
πSWANA / GLOBAL
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YOUTH AGAINST INVASION
DIGITAL PUBLICATION
Co-Creator & Editor
From Jenin Camp to Gaza: the thoughts, words, and voices of young people across Palestine, speaking to the world under invasion.
πPALESTINE / GLOBAL
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SNAPSHOTS OF CHILDHOOD
AUDIO SNAPSHOTS
Co-Creator & Editor
Audio snapshots from interviews across generations on childhood and growing up in Jenin Refugee Camp, Palestine.
πPALESTINE / GLOBAL
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LOST NATION
DOCUMENTARY & PROMENADE THEATRE
Associate Producer & Associate Director
A powerful documentary and promenade theatre project on UK government austerity policies and their devastating impact on communities across London.
πLONDON, UK
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OIKOS PROJECT
THE RED ROOM
Associate Director
Londonβs first theatre built entirely from recycled materials, featuring two new productions on the climate crisis.
πLONDON, UK
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ISOBEL
THE RED ROOM
Director
Part of the larger Lost Nation project, this story follows Isobel, who turns to activism after her family is evicted from their Kilburn home.
πLONDON, UK
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GAZA BREATHING SPACE
THEATRE FOR EVERYBODY & AZ THEATRE
Co-Writer
Voices of Gazaβs children, set against the words of Hossam Al Madhoun, exploring what future remains after Israelβs 2008β2009 Gaza massacre.
πGAZA, PALESTINE /
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OFF RECORD
THEATRE FOR EVERYBODY & AZ THEATRE
Writer
Off-the-record interviews with NGO and development aid workers in Palestine, critically examining the industryβs role in undermining Palestinian self-determination and liberation.
πPALESTINE / SOHO THEATRE, UK
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ARTISTS ON THE FRONTLINE
Founder & Director
A creative force for radical artists using culture as a form of resistance.
πGLOBAL
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NUWA
Co-Founder & Co-Director
A home for independent artists in Palestine, where creativity meets cultural resistance.
πPALESTINE
OPINION PIECES
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CENSORSHIP & AN AUTHORITARIAN STATE
THE NEW ARAB
The UK erased Banksyβs mural from the Royal Courts rather than face the truth.
πUK
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THE CULTURAL INTIFADA
THE NEW ARAB
Gaza genocide one year on: From Palestine to UK, artists are fighting to bear truth.
πPALESTINE / GLOBAL
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CULTURAL GENOCIDE
THE NEW ARAB
As Israel manipulates the truth and silences Palestinian voices, art and culture are powerful tools of resistance.
πPALESTINE
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A Palestinian artistic leader
MIDDLE EAST EYE
Zakaria Zubeidi: The Palestinian revolutionary and artistic leader who escaped Israeli prison.
πPALESTINE
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CARYL CHURCHILL PRIZE RESCINDED
THE NEW ARAB
The attacks on Caryl Churchill are part and parcel of continued assaults on Palestinians.
πPALESTINE / GERMANY
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DREAMS OF LIBERATION
THE NEW ARAB
Resisting Israelβs long history of targeting Palestinian artists and work as a silencing strategy must be resisted.
πPALESTINE
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UKRAINIAN ARTISTS UNDER INVASION
THE STAGE
Making sure Ukrainian cultural identity and heritage survive.
πUKRAINE
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CREATIVE DISOBEDIENCE COP26
THE STAGE
Artists and theatremakers are out in force at COP26 to protest and create a counter conversation.
πSCOTLAND
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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY IS URGENT
THE NEW ARAB
Palestinians know this wonβt be the last time the army raids the camp, which only makes international solidarity more urgent.
πPALESTINE
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THE ETHICS OF CULTURE
THE NEW ARAB
The British Museum is facing growing criticism over its funding, how it sourced ancient artefacts and its treatment of workers.
πUK
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THROUGH THE EYES OF WOMEN
THE NEW ARAB
Cultural resistance in Palestine through the eyes of women.
πPALESTINE
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ARTS IN A TIME OF SIEGE
THE NEW ARAB
20 years since Israel stormed Jenin refugee Camp, artists rise up against continued invasion.
πPALESTINE
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POWER OF PERFORMANCE
THE STAGE
Ten years after the murder of Juliano Mer Khamis Artistic Director and Co-Founder of The Freedom Theatre.
πPALESTINE
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CULTURE FOR THE SAKE OF LIFE
OPEN DEMOCRACY
Over 900 Palestinians have been killed in Operation Protective Edge. Despite the violence, artists continue to resist through cultural.
πPALESTINE