INTRODUCING: The Heart’s take on Ashtar Theatre’s GAZA MONOLOGUES.
In this update-isode, we follow KP's whereabouts and goings-on since the Processing Palestine episode and the events that led to the genesis of our upcoming series: GREAT LOVE: Gaza Monologues Revisited.
Responding to Ashtar Theatre’s global call to share testimonies from young Gazans first performed in 2010, the series features a chain of personal connections from New York to Toronto to Jordan to Athens to Beirut to Nazareth to Jenin and most importantly: to Gaza. Connections that were forged in a moment of grief and at the same time share some dark-as-hell comedy, appreciation for the sublime, a little too much wine and the most important kind of love: the kind that makes you care about people far away that you haven't met yet.
On what is known as KP’s favourite holiday in Italy of all places, KP and her friend Ali Dajani talk about an upcoming ruling to come from the International Court of Justice about whether or not the Israeli occupation is considered legal, which determines whether or not the Palestinian resistance is valid.
The day KP finally finished this episode 5 months later, just so happened to be the day that the ruling was published. The occupation is considered illegal, and the international court finds Israel guilty of apartheid. The court rules that Israel must leave as rapidly as possible and make full reparations for wrongful acts.
Music Credits: Simya - Muqata’a [Kamil Manqus] Mayss Invites Xlmxhkfi (in The Ruins Of A Tender Hearts)Mayssa Jallad - Markaz Azraq