{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Yalla","title":"Emile Saba | Making theatre through genocide - Palestine's stage of resistance","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3254,"description":"On today’s episode we speak with Emile Saba, Palestinian theatre director, actor, and Artistic Director of ASHTAR Theatre in Ramallah. Born in 1989 to a family originally from Jaffa and raised in Ramallah, Emile’s work is rooted in magical realism — poetic, image-driven storytelling carried by political urgency.\nASHTAR was founded in 1991 by Iman Aoun and Edward Muallem as the first theatre-training organisation for young people in Palestine, and became the Middle East hub for the Theatre of the Oppressed. It is the home of The Gaza Monologues — the project in which young people in Gaza turned their own testimonies into theatre performed around the world, from marginalised Palestinian communities to the floor of the UN.\nEmile’s recent work includes the monodrama 2077: Who Wants to Survive? (Jury Award, Cairo International Monodrama Festival, 2023) and, as director, Guernica Gaza: Visions from the Center of the Earth, written by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi. In this conversation, we discuss theatre that refuses to reduce Palestinians to victims, the sea his family was exiled from, healing without forgetting, and the long line of Palestinian storytellers the occupation has tried to silence.\n🔔 Subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications so you don't miss any episodes.\n📢 Support independent media production: https://www.dontskiphumanity.com/support-en\n📲 Follow us on social media: @dontskiphumanity\n📺 YALLA delves into the Palestinian struggle: challenging dominant narratives, making silenced voices heard, and keeping resistance alive. Speaking out is imperative, regardless of what the world chooses to notice.\n\n- - - \nNo episódio de hoje falamos com Emile Saba, Encenador, Ator e iretor Artístico palestiniano do ASHTAR Theatre, em Ramallah. Nascido em 1989 numa família originária de Jaffa e criado em Ramallah, o trabalho de Emile tem raízes no realismo mágico, uma narrativa poética e visual, carregada de urgência política.\nO ASHTAR foi fundado em 1991 por...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2VeayqCQF657Dx129IibdSKG-kv3dR_z8BhB0jFnR3I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yYTlj/ZjljNTAwZTVmNmYz/ODM4OTc5MTc0Yjk5/ZDk3OC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}