Ismail Khalidi Born in Beirut to Palestinian parents and raised in Chicago, Ismail Khalidi is a playwright and director who has written, directed, performed, curated and taught internationally. His plays include Truth Serum Blues, Tennis in Nablus, Foot, Sabra Falling and Dead Are My People; as … Stay tuned for production updates. Co-Adapted (with Naomi Wallace) for the stage from the award-winning novel by Sinan Antoon, The Corpse Washer is an urgent and haunting tale exploring three decades of war in Iraq through the eyes of Jawad, an aspiring artist drawn back into the family trade of ritual corpse cleaning in a Baghdad increasingly overflowing with death. Infused with questions about family, exile and war in the post-September 11, 2001 era, Truth Serum Blues delves inside the tortured mind and body of Kareem, a young Arab-American man stripped of his rights and lost in his own memories. Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora (Due out in Spring, 2015, from Theatre Communications Group). [3] He is the third of eleven children. There was his close friendship with Rashid Ismail Khalidi, once Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation Organization spokesman. The play features original music and composition by Lebanese composer Hadi el Debek. Arab dispossession, Zionist aspirations, and British betrayal are the themes Ismail Khalidi explores in Tennis in Nablus, playing at Stageworks in Hudson, NY, through Sept. 25. Production History In a few weeks Ismail Khaldi, a 35-year old Bedouin shepherd from the village of Khawalid in the Zevulun Valley, will leave his family and move to the United States to serve as Israeli consul in San Francisco, as the first Bedouin diplomat. Ismail Khalidi, a Foreign Ministry diplomat from the Bedouin community, published a biting post in his personal Facebook account accusing the State of Israel … Ismail Khalidi. [2] He served in the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Israel Police, and in the Israel Defense Forces as a political analyst. Following information from an old letter, Nicola comes to Lakewood, a small town in the Deep South. Most importantly, they remind us of Edward Saidâs dictum that Palestinians do need not 'permission to narrate' their own lives, histories, and futures." Al-Shabaka Policy Member Ismail Khalidi's writing on Palestinian history, culture and politics range from plays and poetry to op-eds and commentary. Prisoners are being tortured and hung. He is forthright, humble, articulate, and has the vision and wisdom of an elder. He walked four miles (6 km) round trip to attend school[2] and tended flocks of sheep. - Kate Wilson, Arablit.org, "From the opening by the editors to the introduction by the Nathalie Handal, we are reminded that Palestinian expression, whether over identity, state rights or cultural production has often been rendered taboo before it even sees the light of day." ... By Khalidi, Rashid. Ismail Khalidi, a resident of the Bedouin village of Khawaled, served as Israel's envoy to San Francisco and London. as a blow to freedom of speech on campuses. Ismail Khalidi is a playwright and poet. These...eloquent and playable translations would offer directors, artists and actors the opportunity to stage these Palestinian texts, whether 'inside' or 'outside' Palestine." Production History Using multiple media and genres, the play glides back and forth between Guantanamo Bay, the urban United States, and the Middle East asking explosive questions in a time of war and turmoil and challenging our definitions of terrorism, patriotism, sedition and freedom. Dead Are My People was commissioned and developed by Noor Theatre and is slated for its world premiere in 2019. [6], Khaldi initiated a project called "Hike and Learn with Bedouins in the Galilee" that has brought thousands of young Jews to Khawaled to learn about Bedouin culture and history. Israel became a state on May 14, 1948. (2015-04-07) --This text refers to the paperback edition. But about all the tennis-playing English invaders have on their minds is what theyâll wear to the next costume ball. He holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Synopsis [5] In June 2006, he was appointed to serve in San Francisco, California, United States. ", " 'As a Palestinian-American playwright,' says Ismail Khalidi, 'I am deeply committed to challenging the myths and distortions about Palestinians that abound in American discourse.' - Hala Nassar, Arab Stages, "This collection is remarkable for more than doubling the corpus of Palestinian plays in English, for encompassing both homeland and diaspora Palestinian writers, and for coming to print within a US theatre culture thatâs seen more censorship than promotion of Palestinian concerns... Its varieties in content and style offer readers a provocative sampling of strategies of representing Palestineâs fraught past and present." Grappling with the legacies of white supremacy, immigration and assimilation, Dead Are My People is an unexpected journey to the core of American experience. Production History As one of 11 siblings, his childhood was similar to many in his community—without running water or electricity and dependent on income generated from raising sheep and goats. These words epitomized Professor Rashid Khalidi’s narrative dismissing the idea that Israel’s claim to the land is legitimized by the history of the Jews and Israel. Ismail Khaldi counter-demonstrates at Israel Apartheid Week On Tuesday night I attended a talk at Fresno State by Ismail Khaldi, Deputy General Consul of Israel in San Francisco. Co-adapted with Naomi Wallace from the novella of the same name by assassinated Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani, Return to Haifa is a haunting tale of the repercussions and residues of dispossession and loss in Palestine/Israel. Dead are My People received a prestigious Map Fund Grant in 2017 and was selected for a weeklong development residency at the National Arab Arab Museum in Dearborn Michigan in December 2017. Ismail Khalidi is a Palestinian American writer. This was viewed by many[who?] [15][16], Khaldi said there is still a long way to go before the Bedouin minority achieves full equality in Israel but the situation is improving, and more Bedouins are graduating from high school, entering universities and getting better jobs than ever before. Lacking a school in town, he walked two miles each way to a neighboring community. Blocks Palestinian Freedom", The Albany Times Union. ", âIt were as though [Truth Serum Blues] had re-imagined, then redirected the fires of human passion, despair, joy, and the complicatedness of their histories, into one, new space of contact and combustionâ¦[this work] is bold, intense, and fiercely intelligent.â, â[Truth Serum Blues] is an unflinching, searing account of a "regular guy" targeted by Homeland Security in a turn one would expect from a totalitarian regime. [2] He considers himself a proud Bedouin and regards a Jewish state as beneficial to his community. Synopsis - Michael Malek Najjar, Arab Stages, "...the six beautiful plays in this edited volume are a valuable contribution to Palestine Studies and to Middle Eastern Studies in general. Winner of the 2009 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, this Alliance Theatre world premiere is a beautifully crafted work of art that balances the Lebanese-born playwrightâs passion for the politics of his homeland with a playful and irreverent comedic sensibility". Ghassan Kanafani's classic novella Returning to Haifa has been adapted for the stage by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi. There needs to be more were more ethnic and religious minorities like him should be given access to the opportunities he was allowed. "Prisoner's in Parallel", in The Daily Beast. Synopsis Website : ... Palestine, area of the eastern Mediterranean region, comprising parts of modern Israel and the Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip (along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea) and the West Bank (the area west of the Jordan River). Production History Families are fighting against each other. The book will also appeal to students of non-western theatre and drama, and will provide a valuable source for theatre researchers. Sabra Falling was published in Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas (Playwrights Canada Press, 2016). 's newest consul enjoys being Bedouin, proud to be Israeli", Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Israel’s First Bedouin Diplomat Visits Santa Barbara, "From shepherd to diplomat: Bedouin named deputy consul", In first, Israel to appoint Bedouin ambassador to head overseas mission, "Israel set to appoint first-ever Bedouin ambassador to head Eritrea mission", Arab Israeli diplomat says security guards choked him, http://thejc.com/bedouin-arabs/44724/anti-israel-protesters-clash-israels-top-muslim-politician, http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Israeli-minister-sparks-demo-by.6710007.jp, "Pro-Palestinian events at Rutgers draw scrutiny", "Is 'death to Israel' shout appropriate at campus lecture? In 1939, he received his B.A.in political science from the American University of Beirut . 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