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Following heart surgery, a barely conscious poet is haunted by memories and is forced to face up to his life, his art and his mortality. He muses on the poems he did not write, on his first love, his dreams, and all the experiences that make up his personality and his culture. A poignant, poetic and uplifting production, beautifully acted. Jidariyya is adapted from a poem by Mahmoud Darwish, one of the most important contemporary Arab voices. Darwish was born in a town in Galilee which was razed when he was a child. Jidariyya is a cry against his own personal obliteration as well as that of his culture. Run time approx 1 hour

Cast/Performers

Makram J. Khoury, Khalifa Natour, Reem Talhami, Ruba Bilal, Jameel Khoury, Rimon Hadadd, Ramzi Maqdisi, Tamam Quanmbo

Creatives/Company

Author: Mahmoud Darwish
Producer: Palestinian National Theatre
Adapted by: Khalifa Natour
Director: Amir Nizar Zuabi
Design(s): Amir Nizar Zuabi, Abdel-Salam Abdo (masks)
Music: Habib Shehadeh
Lighting: Philippe Andrieux
Costume: Hamada Attalah