The Herds, a vast act of theater to spark climate action | Amir Nizar Zuabi

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🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Theater has the power to transform the most pressing issues of our time from news stories into human stories, says director and playwright Amir Nizar Zuabi. Recounting his work on the journey of Little Amal — a 13-foot puppet symbolizing the refugee experience — Zuabi unveils his newest project: "The Herds," a vast theatrical production of animal puppets that will "migrate" from West Africa to Norway in 2025, aimed at sparking climate change awareness.

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0:12.0	Theater Director Amir Nizar Zwabi
0:15.0	turned the refugee experience into a work of art,
0:18.0	but it didn't stay still.
0:20.0	It traversed 5,000 miles.
0:22.0	In his 2023 talk from the countdown summit, It traversed 5,000 miles.
0:22.8	In his 2023 talk from the countdown summit,
0:25.2	he shares the lessons of taking Little Amal,
0:27.8	a 13-foot puppet, across the Middle East in Europe,
0:31.5	and how the storytelling power from a mall's journey inspired
0:34.9	a new creative endeavor to touch audiences about the climate crisis after the break.
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