Meramieh

The Palestinian theater Al-Harah is coming to Västerbottensteatern with a historic performance.

The performance "Meramieh" is based on interviews collected for the book "Living Memories", published in 2017 in collaboration between Al-Rowat for Studies & Research and Det Danske Hus i Palæstina.

In the book, six people tell their story from what is known in the Middle East as the Nakba, or the Palestinian catastrophe, in 1948, when over half a million Palestinians were driven from their homeland.

In the performance, an old man and an old woman look back on their lives. Lives that changed forever in 1948. They dream and long to return to the land they were exiled from as children while they wait. Sometimes hopeful, other times you give up.

Longing burns in them both, as the sage burns on their fire, sending their thoughts and memories back to their inaccessible homeland. "Meramieh" means sage and is seen as a healing herb in Palestine - but are there wounds so deep that they never heal?

The performance is in Arabic with Swedish text on the screen.