I Heart Hamas: Comedic One-Woman Show Explores Culture and Identity
Off-Market Theater (965 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103)
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healthy chick
Entertaining & enlightening! An eye-opening look on the Palestine-Israel issue from a very real human perspective.Written on Oct 12 2009
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I think I saw this on opening night. She was engaging and humorous. There were some poignant moments. In some parts, you could see her thinking. I am sure the show will get better. The first half was funny. The second half was much more serious. I learned and it made me think which is important so thanks.Written on Sep 23 2009
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It was an entertaining and enlightening show (and very sad). I encourage you to see it and perhaps hear a different POV then we're used to hearing in the US.Written on Sep 28 2009
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I enjoyed the performance. I found her performance to be very convincing and the content challenged the audience political views. I applaud her for speaking up and out about her experience growing up in San Francisco and her culture.Written on Sep 28 2009
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More Information About I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You
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Quotes & Highlights
- “I Heart Hamas provides a fascinating look into a world we don’t often see or hear about.” --NYTheatre.com
- "Jajeh’s agility as a performer and gift for mimicry are fully displayed.” --Village Voice
- “Jennifer Jajeh is engaging, eloquent and even charismatic...she moves seamlessly between her own narration and lively conversations with her friends and boyfriends under W. Kamau Bell’s masterful direction.”” --CurtainUp
Description
Written by and Starring Jennifer Jajeh
Directed by W. Kamau Bell
A featured event as part of B.O.O.M. (Best Of Off-Market) Fest, Jennifer Jajeh's acclaimed play I Heart Hamas returns to the stage where it made its world premiere run less than two years ago.
With the current ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, the threat of global terrorism, and the never-ending negotiations and hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed by all of the bad international news. That’s exactly how Jennifer Jajeh feels. And to make matters worse, Jennifer is Palestinian. Well, Palestinian American. Or more precisely: a single, Christian, first generation, Palestinian American woman who chooses to return to her parents’ hometown of Ramallah at the start of the Second Intifada.
Join her on American and Palestinian soil on auditions, bad dates, and across military checkpoints as she navigates the thorny terrain around Palestinian identity. Weaving together humor, slides, pop culture references and live theatre, Jajeh explores how she becomes Palestinian-ized, then politicized and eventually radicalized in a fresh, often funny, searingly honest way.
I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I’m Afraid To Tell You, recognized by NYTheatre.com as “a fascinating look into a world we don’t often see or hear about,” made its world premiere in 2008 as a part of New York’s International Fringe Festival.