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The Freedom Theatre
The Freedom Theatre (Arabic: مسرح الحرية) is a Palestinian community-based theatre and cultural center located in the Jenin Refugee Camp in the northern part of the West Bank.〔The Freedom Theatre, “Freedom Theatre to open in Jenin Refugee Camp. The Electronic Intifada,” 18 February 2006, Accessed March 2, 2014, http://electronicintifada.net/content/freedom-theatre-open-jenin-refugee-camp/502〕 Established in 2006, the theatre aims to generate cultural resistance through the fields of popular culture and art as a catalyst for social change in the occupied Palestinian territories. The theatre’s goals are to “develop a vibrant and creative artistic community () empowers children and young adults to express themselves freely and equally through art () emphasizing professionalism and innovation."〔“Our Mission,” The Freedom Theatre, accessed February 23, 2014, http://www.thefreedomtheatre.org/who-we-are/mission/〕 The theatre teaches courses in film, photography, creative writing, and theatre.〔Erin B. Mee. "The Cultural Intifada: Palestinian Theatre in the West Bank." The Drama Review, Vol. 56, No.3 (2012).〕
==Background==
The Freedom Theatre is located in the Jenin refugee camp, which was established 1953 in the municipal boundaries of the city of Jenin to house residents from the Carmel region of Haifa after the founding of the Israeli state in 1948.〔“Jenin Refugee Camp,” UNRWA, accessed February 19, 2014, http://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/features/jenin-refugee-camp〕 The theatre was inspired by Care and Learning, a project established during the first Intifada in response to the chronic fear, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder experienced by children in the Jenin refugee camp as a result of the violence of the uprising.〔Norman, Julie M. “Creative Activism: Youth Media in Palestine,” Middle East journal of culture and communication, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2009).〕 Arna Mer Khamis, an Israeli political and human rights activist, created the project to support the education of children in the West Bank.〔“Arna Mer-Khamis.” Arna-Active Memorial Site. June 2002. Accessed March 3, 2014, http://web.archive.org/web/20110721184916/http://www.arna.info/Arna/herstory.php〕 In the 1980s, Mer Khamis established several educational centers in the Jenin refugee camp, one of which was a small community theatre called “Stone Theatre."〔Killian Fox, “Young Palestinians act out their struggle on another stage,” The Observer, March 24, 2012, accessed February 19, 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/mar/25/young-palestinians-freedom-theatre-jenin〕 Located on the top floor of a local family house, the theatre was destroyed by an Israeli bulldozer during the 2002 Battle of Jenin resulting in the deaths of several of Mer Khamis’ students.〔
Years later, Zakaria Zubeidi, a former student of the Stone Theatre, contacted Mer Khamis’ son, Juliano Mer Khamis and suggested that they set up a drama project for the new generation of young people.〔 Joined by Swedish activist Jonatana Stanczak, they opened the Freedom Theatre in 2006 as a venue to “join the Palestinian people in their struggle for liberation with poetry, music, theatre, cameras."〔 According to Juliano Mer Khamis, the goal of the theatre is to create an artistic movement dedicated to eradicating discrimination and violence.〔 He explains the theatre’s mission within the Palestinian resistance movement by stating:
We are not trying to heal their violence. We try to challenge it into more productive ways. And more productive ways are not an alternative to resistance. What we are doing in the theatre is not trying to be a replacement or an alternative to the resistance of the Palestinians in the struggle for liberation, just the opposite. This must be clear.〔
The theatre uses drama, role-playing, music, dance, and art to help students express their frustrations and act out their every day struggles.
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