The 99
The world’s first superheroes based on Islamic teachings and the 99 attributes of Allah are coming to The Freedom Theatre! The origin of the story reaches back to the 13th century when Mongol forces raided Baghdad. In their malicious desire to eradicate an entire culture’s hope for the future, they targeted Baghdad’s greatest […]
Scottish cultural figures support The Freedom Theatre
A Statement By The Theatre Community of Scotland It has come to our attention that on June 6, 2012, Nabil Al Raee, Artistic Director of The Freedom Theatre, located in Jenin, on the West Bank in Palestine, was arrested at gunpoint at 3:15am by the Israeli Defense Forces at his home there. This arrest […]
New partner: Middle East Children’s Alliance
The Freedom Theatre is proud to announce a new partnership with MECA, The Middle East Children’s Alliance. MECA is a non-profit organization based in the US that is working for the rights of children in the Middle East. The Freedom Theatre becoming a partner with MECA enables individuals to make secure, tax-deductible online donations that […]
Latest News on Nabil and Zakaria
Update, July 2nd: Nabil Al-Raee\’s returning home has once again been delayed for an unknown period of time. New charges have been brought up, as the Israeli prosecution is now accusing Nabil of “helping a wanted person”. There will be another military court hearing this Thursday, July 5th. Meanwhile, Zakaria Zubeidi has initiated a […]
Listen and Laugh
Join us for an evening of music and comedy at a premier event, ‘Listen and Laugh’. Featuring: Rabea Turkman from Jenin, Aliya Cycon from New York and Adi Khalefa from Nazareth. When: 28 June, @ 5pm Where: The Freedom Theatre, Jenin Refugee Camp Welcome!
Support from US theatre community
This statement in support of Nabil Al-Raee, Zakaria Zubeidi and The Freedom Theatre has so far been signed by nearly two hundred members of the artistic community in the US – including Maya Angelou, Danny Glover, Noam Chomsky, Raymond Bobgan, Leila Buck, James Bundy, Linda Chapman, Kathleen Chalfant, Clare Coss, Bill English, Eve Ensler, […]
New issue of Voices out now!
Voices is The Freedom Theatre’s youth magazine, written in Arabic by young people in Jenin Refugee Camp, Jenin city and surrounding areas. The magazine contains articles, poems, interviews, shorts stories and photographs on topics of importance to young Palestinians today. Read Voices online here To order one or more printed copies of Voices, contact The Freedom […]
Members of EU Parliament support Nabil
56 Members of the European Parliament have issued a letter to Catherine Ashton, Vice-President and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, asking her urgent intervention in favor of The Freedom Theatre’s Artistic Director Nabil Al-Raee. Strasbourg, 13 June 2012 To: Mrs Catherine Ashton High Representative of the […]
Beit Yasmine
The Freedom Theatre presents Ashtar and Al Harah Theatre: Beit Yasmine – a performance about foreign aid and how it affects life in Palestine Where: The Freedom Theatre When: June 23rd, @2 pm Yasmeen is a human rights activist; she hosts a television program at her house. During her birthday party, […]
Testimony of Nabil Al-Raee’s abduction
Micaela Miranda, Nabil’s wife, describes the abduction of The Freedom Theatre’s Artistic Director Nabil Al-Raee, in the early hours of Wednesday June 6th. Please continue to put pressure on the Israeli authorities to release Nabil by calling and e-mailing your local Israeli Embassy or Consulate. “We were sleeping and the dogs woke up my […]