TOO Episode 206 - The Gaza Monologues

In 2010 thirty-three young people from Gaza believed that they had a voice other than the cries of fear and the moans of frustration. A voice that could rise higher than the drones of war and the planes that bombarded them day and night. A voice that says: “Enough!!! We deserve a world better than this, a world without fear, siege, or occupation.”

The Gaza Monologues are testimonies written by youth after the first war on the Gaza Strip. Tragically, these Monologues are still accurate today. They are highlighting the horrors, hopes, and resilience of the courageous Gazans to a wider audience, bringing out the voices of children and people in Gaza.​

ASHTAR Theatre, due to the horrific war taking place in Gaza, launched an urgent request to all its friends and theater makers around the world to publicly read or perform The Gaza Monologues. Since 2010 to date, more than 2000 youth from around the Globe in more than 80 cities in 40 countries have presented the monologues that are translated and presented into 18 languages.

People from around the World became more aware and in solidarity with this just cause. Despite that, Gaza is still under siege and the occupation is more brutal than ever; attacking civilians, destroying the land, and hindering the life of the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip

Read by:

1) Yao (NYC)
2) Jack Burmeister (Melbourne)
3) Farida Abdel Aziz (Cairo)
4) Abigail Onwunale (NYC)
5) Rytasha Rathore (Mumbai)
6) Christian Peterson Janner (Copenhagen)
7) Jabriel Essam M AlSuhaimi (London)
8) Crenshaw Yeo (Singapore)
 9) Joshua Waterstone (San Francisco)
10) Micha Espinosa (Tempe)
11) Christie Karen Chang (Hong Kong)
12) Rachel Chin (Singapore)
13) Rummana Yamanie (Jakarta)
14) Sneha Sakhare (NYC)
15) Budi Miller (Melbourne)
16) Gimbey dela Cruz (Quezon City) & Tanvi Rajgharia (India)
17) Julian Elijah Martinez (NYC) 
18) Ong Yi Xuan (Singapore)
19) Cloteal Horne (NYC)
20) Adrian Eppel (Melbourne)
21) Rodrigo Roman (Mexico City) 
22) Gin Hammond (Seattle) 
23) Shadi Ghaheri (NYC)
24) Austin Paley (Melbourne) & Nayib Felix (NYC)
25) Raphael Lecat (London) 
26) Rayden Co (Quezon City)
27) Chalia LaTour (NYC)
28) Jenelle Chu (NYC)
29) Arwa Hezzah (Cairo)
30) Karim Hamad (Cairo)
31) Kristina Pakhomova (Singapore)

To support ASHTAR Theatre:

 https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/traumareleasepalestine/