A bold and unique collection of six plays by Arab and Jewish
playwrights exploring the human toll of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. Rather than strive to achieve balance and moral
equivalency between "competing" narratives, the plays investigate
themes of identity, justice, occupation, exile, history, and
homeland with remarkable honesty and integrity. Edited by Jamil
Khoury, Michael Malek Najjar, and Corey Pond, the collection
features The Admission by Motti Lerner, Scenes From 70* Years by
Hannah Khalil, Tennis in Nablus by Ismail Khalidi, Urge for Going
by Mona Mansour, The Victims by Ken Kaissar, and The Zionists by
Zohar Tirosh-Polk. Where politicians and diplomats fail, artists
and storytellers may yet succeed. Not in ratifying a peace treaty
between Israel and Palestine, but in building the sort of social
and political connectivity that enables resolution. The curation of
Semitic Commonwealth was not motivated by timelines, statistics, or
news headlines, but a commitment to illuminate the personal prices
that are paid by those most affected. The six plays do not "take
sides," or adhere to ideological orthodoxies. They challenge
tribalism and narrow definitions of nationalism, while varying
widely in thematic content, dramatic structure, and time and place.
The idea is to pose difficult questions without proffering answers,
and to do so in ways that are dynamic, complicated, funny, painful,
and sometimes controversial.
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