MONOLOGUE#22 | A Cup of Tea + The Horse of Jenin

The Heart

Kaitlin Prest

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Alaa Shahada talks about artist life in Jenin, West Bank. We hear a radiomagic excerpt of his one-man show "The Horse of Jenin". He talks about his dreams for the future of Palestine and performs Gaza Monologue #22 Mahmud Abu Shaa’ban.

Alaa is a graduate of the Nobel prize nominated Freedom Theatre acting and the co-founder of the Palestine Comedy Club.

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0:40.0	Mingeine Falestine from Jeunine Palestine from Jinine Palestine.
0:46.0	Ahlan, welcome Il-Alp to the heart.
0:50.0	I am Al-I am Al-I-Shay.
0:55.0	Okay, I am.
0:57.0	Oh my God, you were doing a joke already.
1:00.0	I started the recording okay.
1:03.0	Anyway, hi, hi, hi, hi.
1:05.0	Hi, hi, hi.
1:06.0	Thank you for being here.
1:08.0	How has it been since October 7th?
1:10.0	How are you doing, right?
1:11.0	Okay?
1:12.0	Like psychologically in part of like is it it's a dumb question I know that but
1:18.4	Have you lost anyone? Are you okay like? Are you okay? How are you doing? So, well, I come from a city called Janine and
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