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A Photograph of the Theatrical Performance of "Al-Ayn Was-Sin", el-Hakawati Theatre

A black-and-white photograph showing a freeze of the theatrical performance "Al-Ayn Was-Sin [The Eye and the Tooth". Produced by el-Hakawati Theatre and the directed by François abu Salem, the play presents the contradictions that Palestinians live through embodying the personality of the grandfather Abu Rostum and the grandson Tanza, while the grandfather carries the national burden due to the Israeli Occupation, his grandson seems careless due to the relationship he has with Sarah, the daughter of a Zionist settler. Therefore, tragedy and satirical comedy dominate the course of the show with a wedding taking place during a drastic war that has been raging for forty years between Arabs and Jews, during which the voices of ululations and songs interfere with the sounds of guns. 

Date created

1984

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Black-and-white photographs

Source of Description

Amer Khalil, (Friend of Francios abu Salem and director of the Palestinian National Theatre (2020)), interview with PMDA researcher Lama Ghosheh, February 2019, non-transcript, the Palestinian Museum Digital Archive.

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medium

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0280.01.0202
A Photograph of the Theatrical Performance of "Al-Ayn Was-Sin", el-Hakawati Theatre

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