Past Fringe award
Fringe First 2025
The Horse of Jenin
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A storytelling, mask, and stand-up show by Alaa Shehada about a boy growing up in Jenin, Occupied Palestine, and the symbolic horse built from debris by local children and a German artist.
storytellingstand-upmasktheatreresilienceimaginationchildhoodpalestinefreedomresistancememorylosshope
CONTENT GUIDANCE
military conflict · invasion
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