ALL PROJECTS

  • 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.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / FRANCE / UK / BELGIUM / CHILE / SWITZERLAND / GERMANY / ITALY / CATALUNYA / SLOVENIA / EGYPT / ZIMBABWE / INDIA / PAKISTAN / NORWAY

  • QUEENS OF SYRIA

    YOUNG VIC CO-PRODUCTION

    Director

    An adaptation of Euripides’ Trojan Women created and performed by 13 women displaced from Syria.

    πŸ“SYRIA / UK

  • 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.

    πŸ“SOHO THEATRE / UK TOUR

  • 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.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / UK / USA

  • 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.

    πŸ“SOULTON HALL FARM

  • THE HOST

    NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE

    Director

    An urgent response to the Brexit vote, the European refugee crisis and increasing far-right government policies.

    πŸ“YARD THEATRE, UK

  • THE FEAR OF BREATHING

    Director & Writer

    A verbatim piece based on the testimonies of those participating in the Syrian Revolution.

    πŸ“SYRIA / UK / JAPAN

  • 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.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / GLOBAL

  • KEEPERS OF INFINITE SPACE

    Director

    An exploration of the Israeli prison system and the violence enacted on over 40% of the male Palestinian population.

    πŸ“PARK THEATRE, UK

  • VISIT BETHLEHEM

    ARTISTS ON THE FRONTLINE

    Director

    A street performance taking audiences in London on a tour of one of Palestine’s most famous cities Bethlehem.

    πŸ“VAULT FESTIVAL, UK

  • 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.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / FRANCE / AUSTRIA / GERMANY / SWITZERLAND

  • ALICE IN WONDERLAND

    THE FREEDOM THEATRE

    Co-Director

    A radical remiagining of Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll’s story is told through a distinctly Palestinian social and political lens.

    πŸ“JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, PALESTINE

  • 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.

    πŸ“UNITY THEATRE, LIVERPOOL / UK TOUR

  • 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.

    πŸ“SHORDITCH TOWN HALL, UK

  • 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.

    πŸ“GIELGUD THEATRE, UK

  • 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.

    πŸ“RIVERSIDE STUDIOS, UK

  • 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.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / SCREENING GLOBALLY

  • 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.

    πŸ“UKRAINE / UK

  • MAYDAY

    CITIZEN JOURNALISM PLATFORM

    Creator & Editor

    A digital platform for artist-led citizen journalism from Jenin Refugee Camp, Palestine.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / GLOBAL

  • 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.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / GLOBAL

  • RESHAPE

    PROTOTYPE

    Co-Creator & Co-Writer

    A research-driven prototype and reimagining the arts ecosystem and collaborative change-making in the culture.

    πŸ“EUROPE

  • 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.

    πŸ“EGYPT / GLOBAL

  • MESSAGES FROM GAZA

    AUDIO SNAPSHOTS

    Co-Creator & Audio Editor

    Audio snapshots from Hossam al-Madhoun’s messages sent from Gaza during the genocide. Part of a long term collaboration between Theatre For Everybody & AZ Theatre.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / GLOBAL

  • 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.

    πŸ“SWANA / GLOBAL

  • 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.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / GLOBAL

  • SNAPSHOTS OF CHILDHOOD

    AUDIO SNAPSHOTS

    Co-Creator & Editor

    Audio snapshots from interviews across generations on childhood and growing up in Jenin Refugee Camp, Palestine.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / GLOBAL

  • 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.

    πŸ“LONDON, UK

  • OIKOS PROJECT

    THE RED ROOM

    Associate Director

    London’s first theatre built entirely from recycled materials, featuring two new productions on the climate crisis.

    πŸ“LONDON, UK

  • 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.

    πŸ“LONDON, UK

  • GAZA BREATHING SPACE

    THEATRE FOR EVERYBODY & AZ THEATRE

    Co-Writer

    Voices of Gaza’s children, set against the words of Hossam Al Madhoun, exploring what future remains after Israel’s 2008–2009 Gaza massacre.

    πŸ“GAZA, PALESTINE /
    SOHO THEATRE, UK

  • OFF RECORD

    THEATRE FOR EVERYBODY & AZ THEATRE

    Writer

    Off-the-record interviews with NGO and development aid workers in Palestine, critically examining the industry’s role in undermining Palestinian self-determination and liberation.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / SOHO THEATRE, UK

  • ARTISTS ON THE FRONTLINE

    Founder & Director

    A creative force for radical artists using culture as a form of resistance.

    πŸ“GLOBAL

  • NUWA

    Co-Founder & Co-Director

    A home for independent artists in Palestine, where creativity meets cultural resistance.

    πŸ“PALESTINE

OPINION PIECES

  • CENSORSHIP & AN AUTHORITARIAN STATE

    THE NEW ARAB

    The UK erased Banksy’s mural from the Royal Courts rather than face the truth.

    πŸ“UK

  • THE CULTURAL INTIFADA

    THE NEW ARAB

    Gaza genocide one year on: From Palestine to UK, artists are fighting to bear truth.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / GLOBAL

  • CULTURAL GENOCIDE

    THE NEW ARAB

    As Israel manipulates the truth and silences Palestinian voices, art and culture are powerful tools of resistance.

    πŸ“PALESTINE

  • A Palestinian artistic leader

    MIDDLE EAST EYE

    Zakaria Zubeidi: The Palestinian revolutionary and artistic leader who escaped Israeli prison.

    πŸ“PALESTINE

  • CARYL CHURCHILL PRIZE RESCINDED

    THE NEW ARAB

    The attacks on Caryl Churchill are part and parcel of continued assaults on Palestinians.

    πŸ“PALESTINE / GERMANY

  • DREAMS OF LIBERATION

    THE NEW ARAB

    Resisting Israel’s long history of targeting Palestinian artists and work as a silencing strategy must be resisted.

    πŸ“PALESTINE

  • UKRAINIAN ARTISTS UNDER INVASION

    THE STAGE

    Making sure Ukrainian cultural identity and heritage survive.

    πŸ“UKRAINE

  • CREATIVE DISOBEDIENCE COP26

    THE STAGE

    Artists and theatremakers are out in force at COP26 to protest and create a counter conversation.

    πŸ“SCOTLAND

  • INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY IS URGENT

    THE NEW ARAB

    Palestinians know this won’t be the last time the army raids the camp, which only makes international solidarity more urgent.

    πŸ“PALESTINE

  • 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.

    πŸ“UK

  • THROUGH THE EYES OF WOMEN

    THE NEW ARAB

    Cultural resistance in Palestine through the eyes of women.

    πŸ“PALESTINE

  • ARTS IN A TIME OF SIEGE

    THE NEW ARAB

    20 years since Israel stormed Jenin refugee Camp, artists rise up against continued invasion.

    πŸ“PALESTINE

  • POWER OF PERFORMANCE

    THE STAGE

    Ten years after the murder of Juliano Mer Khamis Artistic Director and Co-Founder of The Freedom Theatre.

    πŸ“PALESTINE

  • 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.

    πŸ“PALESTINE