Author Archives: Felice Gelman

About Felice Gelman

Felice Gelman is a member of the Wespac Middle East committee and is on the board of the Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre

Israel denies visas to 5 artists seeking to perform with Freedom Theatre

Why cultural boycott matters. Bernard-Henri Levy says boycott is ‘crap,’ but Israel won’t let artists from Arab world come to Palestine to participate in Walk for Water Justice

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What is to be done?: Hebron students debate resistance to occupation

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The Freedom Bus Playback Theater tour stopped at Hebron University for a seminar on popular resistance yesterday. It drew about 50 students passionately discussing their frustrations with the occupation and their hopes for resistance.

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Fire, Fire! And no water

The Freedom Bus (sponsored by Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre) traveled to Beit Ummar,  a village surrounded by seven settlements which have confiscated much of Beit Ummar’s land and almost all its water. A fire broke out in the … Continue reading

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‘Freedom Bus’ through the West Bank offers cultural resistance to occupation

The Freedom Theatre has been taking cultural resistance to the countryside with its playback theater project The Freedom Bus. Listening to the stories of occupation and resistance, the Freedom Bus acting troupe uses improvisation and music to reflect, validate, and elaborate on the experiences and emotions of their audience.

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Freedom Theatre co-founder Zubeidi detained by PA 19 more days; on hunger strike to death

Zakaria Zubeidi, co-founder of The Freedom Theatre, was today sentenced to another 19 days in Palestinian Authority prison. Zubeidi responded by declaring that he was resuming a full hunger strike and from this point on would not eat, drink or speak.

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