"THE WALKING BOY"

Gaza 2002

 “The Walking Boy” was first made in Hebron in 2001. The reaction to the play by both students and teachers was great… over 100 performances in Hebron and Halhoul... we reached every high-school in the region.

How could we get the show to Gaza? We couldn’t bring the Hebron team there like we did in 2000 with The Other Half.

What we could do was...

To make the play again...

With Gaza actors...

And that’s what happened...!

 “The Walking Boy” is just about a that… a boy walking to school one day… and the sadly familiar shot that comes out of nowhere… Our boy, like all young people, has something special about him, something unique, and it is this that the play is about.

Again, the reaction was enormous… 115 performances throughout the Gaza Strip (Gaza, Rafah, Khan Yunis).

With slight changes from the original, especially the “translation” from Hebron to Gaza dialect, the Gaza Team was able to open the show after 5 weeks of rehearsals. Bravo!

The Actors 

Baha Eliazji plays Omar

Rafat Al Aydeh plays Majed

Mohammed Shuasha plays Abu Sultan

Nahid Hanouna plays Grandfather, Stepmother, & Father

Rassem Shamiyya plays Driver

Mahmoud Oudeh plays Newsman

Directed by Jan Willems

Written by Jackie Lubeck

Technician - Ibrahim Masaari

Translator for the Director - Mervat Hafez

Assistant to the Director - Ziad Nasrallah

Abu Sultan’s Coat Made by Hiba Shalouf

General Manager - Amer Khalil

Gaza Administration - Mervat Hafez

Jerusalem Administration - Pauline Nunu