The Freedom Theatre at NYU. November 3 at 4:00pm

 What is an artist of resistance? Nabil Al-Raee, The Freedom Theatre’s Artistic Director, and Alia Alrosan, Theatre School student, will talk about their experiences working in a center of cultural resistance in a refugee camp. There will be some short clips of films produced by the multimedia section of the Theatre.
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Nabil Al-Raee was born and raised in Aroub Refugee Camp in the Hebron hills of Palestine. In the 90’s Nabil joined Theatre Day Productions, a theatre company in Hebron. He finished his professional training there and then continued to study theatre abroad and train others, until he joined The Freedom Theatre in 2007, at the invitation of its co-founder Juliano Mer-Khamis. After Mer-Khamis was murdered in 2011, Nabil stepped in as artistic director of The Freedom Theatre. Read more.
 
Alia Alrosan is from Nablus. She was the coordinator for the Freedom Bus project, and then joined The Freedom Theatre School to train as an actor. Alia says that under occupation “our spirit has shrunk. But theatre makes us appreciate life. Being really alive means making decisions about your life. I believe in humanity. I refuse to say that occupation is my only reality. This is the first time in my life I feel like I’m in the right place for me and my people.” Read more.

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The Freedom Theatre is a theatre and cultural centre in Jenin Refugee Camp, occupied Palestine. Convinced that the arts have a crucial role to play in building a free and healthy society, The Freedom Theatre offers activities in performing arts and multimedia, including acting, psychodrama, filmmaking, photography and creative writing. The Freedom Theatre was established in 2006 by among others Juliano Mer-Khamis, who was the theatre’s General Director until April 2011, when he was assassinated by an unknown enemy of culture and freedom. Read more: www.thefreedomtheatre.org