29 January 2011

A play which helps to bridge a gulf

The Palestinian writer, Ghassan Kanafani, assassinated in a car bombing in Beirut nearly 40 years ago, was despite his political beliefs, still able to portray, understand and recognise the suffering of a Jewish Holocaust survivor in his novella, Returning to Haifa

When the Israeli playwright, Boaz Gaon, came across Kanafani's Returning to Haifa, the story inspired a project Return to Haifa.. 

Please read Peter Marks's article in The Washington Post describing the evolution and reception of Gaon's play.

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