US EditionWar takes centre stage as Lebanon's theatres are back
- Lebanese theatre stages reopened in early May with Ali Chahrour's play "When I Saw the Sea" in Beirut, featuring migrant women's stories amid last year's war.
- The production addresses the impact on migrant women during the month-long conflict between Hezbollah and Israel that concluded in November, as well as the preceding year of ongoing tensions, which resulted in casualties and displacement.
- The play centers on three women—a pair of domestic workers from Ethiopia and a woman of Lebanese-Ethiopian descent—who use song, dance, and storytelling to share their experiences of displacement and hardship during the conflict.
- Chahrour shared that interacting with these women inspired him to persevere, and there are plans to showcase the play at European events, including the Avignon Festival.
- Theatre groups like Zoukak, despite postponements due to war and ongoing economic crisis since 2019, have resumed activity, using art to express trauma and seek hope amid Lebanon’s crises.
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War takes centre stage as Lebanon's theatres are back
As Lebanon suffered a war last year, Ali Chahrour was determined to keep making art, creating a performance inspired by the plight of migrant workers caught up in the conflict.
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