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Amir Nizar Zuabi

AMIR NIZAR ZUABI

  
Nationality:    Palestinian
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Amir Nizar Zuabi is an international associate of the Young Vic. His play I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother toured villages and towns in Palestine before playing to packed houses at the Young Vic last January. In 2002 his production Alive From Palestine met with great acclaim at the Young Vic and continues to tour internationally. His other work includes Samson and Delilah (Flanders Opera, antwerp) and a Dramatisation of the epic poem Jidarriya by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (Edinburgh International Festival, Bouffes du Nord and world tour). Before Amir started ShiberHur he directed at major Theatres such as El Hakawati (the Palestinian National Theatre) and Al-Kasabah in Ramallah.

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         Album         Alive From Palestine         Beloved, The         Clinging On Stone         I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother         In the Penal Colony         Jidarriya         More Or War         Oh My Sweet Land         Samson and Delilah         Stories Under Occupation
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Alive From Palestine

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Beloved, The

Beloved, The
When Abraham returns home from a journey with his son, his wife is troubled by the boys state of mind. What took place on the mountain that day is the beginning of a lifetime of suffering for his son and the dawn of a new age for millions. A haunting and heartbreaking twist on the story of Abraham and Issac which reminds us that this historic tale of sacrifice began with just one family.

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A Bush Theatre, KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg of Belgium and ShiberHur of Palestine co-production

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Methuen Drama, London   

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Clinging On Stone

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I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother

I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother
January 1948. Palestine. the British Mandate is ending. the UN is voting on who will control what part of the land. . .Ali is in love with Nada - but he is in despair. Her Father won't let them marry because his brother Yusuf is 'odd' with his own eccentric, child-like point of view. War begins. As the villagers are scattered and become refugees, the secret that's kept Ali and Nada apart is revealed.

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Al Midan Theatre, Haifa And Subsequently Toured Villages And Refugee Camps In Galilee And The West Bank     24 Sep 2009

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A Young Vic/ShiberHur Theatre Company co-production

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In the Penal Colony

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Kafka's terrifying and unforgettable classic retold, Deep in the dungeons of a prisoner camp, a man unaware of his crime is about to be strapped into an elaborate execution device. The Executioner shows no mercy but will The Visitor intervene? After a triumphant run of I Am Yusuf and This is My Brother at the Young Vic last year, director Amir Nizar Zuabi and Palestinian theatre company ShiberHur return with their latest powerful and provocative production direct from touring Palestine. Performed in Arabic, with English surtitles.

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By Franz Kafka, Adapted by Amir Nizar Zuabi

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Jidarriya

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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.

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Dramatisation of the epic poem Jidarriya by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. Adapted by Khalifa Natour, directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi

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Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Lyceum Theatre     14 Aug 2008

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60 min adaptation of epic poem

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More Or War

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Oh My Sweet Land

Oh My Sweet Land
They call it a civil war, but there is nothing civil in this. Nothing civil at all. They came from Damascus, from Halab, from Banias where the bombs fall day and night and the wounded children look like sleeping angels. Now they live in camps and abandoned buildings in Lebanon or Jordan. Now Syria is just a distant memory, a home forever lost. This urgent and extraordinary show explores the crisis in Syria through the stories of its 2 million refugees. German-Syrian actor Corinne Jaber was last in London with her production of The Comedy of Errors for Shakespeare's Globe's World Shakespeare Festival. She has performed with the RSC, in Peter Brook's Mahabharata and has won France's prestigious Moliere Prize.

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Conceived by Corinne Jaber; Written and directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi; Performed by Corinne Jaber

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Theare De Vidy-Lausanne, Switzerland     12 Nov 2013

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A Young Vic / Theatre de Vidy-Lausanne co-production

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love story from Syria

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Samson and Delilah

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Stories Under Occupation

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Al Kasabah Theatre, Ramallah, Palestine    

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