Ramadan activities at The Freedom Theatre
Ramadan Kareem to everyone, from Jenin Camp! Last year, The Freedom Theatre offered a series of cultural events throughout Ramadan. Following this great success, this year we will again organise several events to celebrate this special month. Every Tuesday afternoon, we will screen a movie for children. On Thursday nights, after iftar (the meal that breaks the […]
Look back to international adventures with Return to Palestine
Last month, we updated you on the international tour of Return to Palestine. After some exciting weeks, we would like to look back on the adventures of our team in Turkey and Jordan. From Portugal to Turkey The international trip was supposed to kick off at the Devir Capa Festival in Portugal. In April, we updated you on why the team […]
#Nakba70 – statement by The Freedom Theatre
On behalf of The Freedom Theatre, Mustafa Sheta, the General Secretary, would like to share a statement about the recent tragic events in Gaza and today’s commemoration of the 70th Nakba. Today, our heart is with the people in Gaza, and with Palestinians everywhere who are refugees all over the world because of the diaspora. […]
Preface to events on Nakba Day
On the 15th of May, The Freedom Theatre will once again commemorate the Nakba, together with Palestinians here and all over the world. Nakba Day refers to the tragic events, during and after the Arab-Israeli occupation in 1948, when over 800.000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes. Up until today, the occupation of Palestine is a reality with severe consequences […]
New year long project for young women
We are excited to announce a new project! In partnership with Interpeace in Palestine, Mustakbalna, we launch a programme for the benefit of young women to participate in processes of community security. The year long programme will take place in Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarem, Tubas and Hebron in the West Bank. In each of the communities 20 young women between […]
Return to Palestine on tour!
Exciting times have arrived for our successful play Return to Palestine. In the coming weeks, the play will be performed at several international festivals. The actors, all graduates of The Freedom Theatre’s Acting School, will spread the story of life under occupation in Palestine. In a comic and tragic way, the play tells the story […]
Cultural Resistance of Palestinian Theatre – 12th Anniversary Celebrations 4-7 April
Last week, The Freedom Theatre was the centre of the first Cultural Resistance Festival of Palestinian Theatre. From April 4-7, several events were organised to celebrate the theatre’s 12th anniversary as well as marking the death of co-founder Juliano Mer Khamis and the April 2002 invasion of Jenin refugee camp. The festival turned out to be […]
‘The Power of Narrative’ @ the NAPA International Theatre and Music Festival
Palestinian artists Motaz Malhees, Samah Milad and Aws Adnan Al Zubaidy joined forces with three Pakistani actors, Aisha Hassan, Kashif Hussain and Najma Kifayat in Karachi, Pakistan! Under the direction of The Freedom Theatre’s Artistic Director, Nabil Al-Raee, they produced a play on ‘The Power of Narrative‘ which was performed at the NAPA International Theatre and Music […]
Cinema Club at The Freedom Theatre
The Freedom Theatre’s cinema club, with fortnightly screenings, re-launched earlier this month with a screening of ‘Last Men in Aleppo’ by Feras Fayyad, With Jenin’s only cinema closing its doors in late 2016 to give way for a shopping mall, The Freedom Theatre has screened films on an irregular basis, for both children and adults in Jenin camp. […]
Ahmed Tobasi takes ‘And Here I Am’ on a world tour!
Based on the actor Ahmed Tobasi’s personal coming of age story, ‘And Here I Am‘ is an epic voyage of identity and self discovery. Tobasi is a former student and graduate of The Freedom Theatre school and was born in Jenin refugee camp. Combining fact and fantasy, tragedy and comedy, spanning both the first Palestinian intifada and the […]