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Salim, a young man, has lived in London for over 10 years. His life is settled in the city. He has a steady job and a healthy social life but the nagging feeling of homesickness is something he wrestles with constantly. When friends start to take an interest in Palestine and make plans to travel there he is faced with a bittersweet feeling; the pleasure that those close to him want to discover his homeland mixed with the frustration that they can journey there with the ease of holidaymakers, travelling a route that is totally off limits to him. With Palestine firmly landing itself within his friendship group, Salim finds himself struggling to communicate his lived experience of growing up in Palestine and living in exile. He, himself, has become divided, and reconciling the two Salims into one begins to destabilise his comfortable life in London. Through Al Zaytouna's artful mix of dabke, contemporary dance and theatre performed to a ground shaking mix of modern electronic and traditional beats from the Middle East the play questions the nature of Palestinian solidarity and explores the complex experience of exile, identity and homesickness. As Al Zaytouna always does, this project will use theatre and dance as a process for both audience and performers to explore the challenging issues of tacit Islamophobia, cultural tensions, unconscious bias and the real meaning of solidarity.

Creatives/Company

Author: Ahmed Najar
Company: Alzaytouna Dance Theatre
Director: Ahmed Najar

I Have Two Names

I Have Two Names (Dance or ballet) production archive for QTIX code T0180178897. Details of all I Have Two Names archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S0673215578

Archive Listings

21 Nov 19
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22 Nov 19
The Cockpit
Inner London, Greater London
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