Death and Art in Palestine: Nabil Al-Ra'ee and The Freedom Theatre by HowlRound

By Patricia Davis. "One of the most important things the occupation has succeeded in doing," Nabil Al-Ra'ee says, "is to kill hope, to shut down the mind, and to kill the imagination. You can't dream. You have a limit." As a first exercise, students are instructed to seriously consider what they want for themselves and their lives. "It's very difficult when you ask someone what is your dream and he says I want to die…

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