Yall Masrah

The fourth issue

Yalla Masrah
Editor in Chief

Raed Shyoukhi
Coordination

Mohammad Issa
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Hamam Amro
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Foreword of this Issue

We condently move forward, we hold meetings and we carefully plan our programs. We always ask the specialists for their opinions. We create plays that tackle the problems in our society. We pay a great attention to the quality of our work. We develop our programs, create new partnerships with local and international organizations, and we hire experts. The new phase of Yes4Youth program started with ten young people from different local organizations that work in the eld of culture and childhood. Seventeen drama animators graduated from the program. Two of these graduates were chosen to perform in the new production Abu Al Raad play. Nine graduates were also chosen to implement nine drama workshops in different areas in Hebron. As we promised, we will do our best because the Palestinian audience deserves the best. For the rst time, YT adopted the theatre of the oppressed in creating Abu Al Raad play and it was performed forty times for different schools in Hebron. The play was also performed in the Theatre of the Oppressed Festival. Currently, the artistic staff of YT is preparing for four Kids4Kids plays. Yes Theatre is here for you and for your children. We want them to reach their ambitions. We want them to practise their hobbies and to use their energies whether through participating in our different programs or through watching our plays. Our plays have a message to deliver, they tickle the imagination, and they encourage creative thinking. Yazid Zahda YT Chairman
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The Word of the Editor

Days pass by like a dream. When we are children we just see what is innocent and beautiful in life. We naively think that Life is beautiful and everything in it is beautiful too. However, when we grow up , we are surprised to know that life is not as beautiful as we think. Deception, hatred, envy, betrayal, conict and revenge start to appear. For what? Life taught me that I should be mean to prove my point, and I should be violent to prove my power. It also taught me that compliments are stupidity, kindness is naivety, and good intentions are foolishness. This is what life and people taught me That was my friends answer when I once asked him Whats wrong? Is life really like that? Every time we mess up, we blame life. When we hurt and when we are hurt we blame life. When we fail we blame life. Why? What is wrong with life? I believe in the saying Life is beautiful. What is Life? Life is us. I told my friend Search within you maybe you will nd out why now you are cursing life while few months ago you were loudly singing Life is beautiful. I told him search within you for your mistakes. Search in your mind and in your heart why now you hate people while you used to love them all. Search why your eyes see everything black while they used to see everything white and pure. Search why now you cannot say nice words anymore. Search why now your hands are rough as if they are ready to ght while they were always ready to shake with the hands of every friend . Think deeply of ways to change. Make new plans for your life ! The new plans will re-charge your soul with love, positivity and beauty. They will expand the horizons and they will open your eyes to the beautiful life. When you make new plans you will nd million nice words to say to people. These plans will open the door of creativity for you. When I was done talking, I looked around and did not see my friend. I searched for him for months and asked everyone about him but I did not nd an answer. Since that day I have not found my friend but whenever I pass by his house I hear an angel voice signing Life is beautiful. Raed Shyoukhi

WFD and YES Theatre

From 11th of April until 18th of April the new WFD director Georg Rohde was visiting Palestine and had the chance to meet with the YES Theatre team on 17th of April. In the morning he was guest during a presentation of the last YES Theatre play Abu Raad at the YES Theatre performance hall and could witness some results of the YES4Youth project, in which WFD is cooperating partner with YES Theatre. In that play, two female graduates of last years YES4Youth training cycle where among the protagonists. Remarkably they are the rst actresses from Hebron ever acting on stage, which makes the play Abu Raad an even more special event. In the afternoon Mr. Rohde was guided through the old city by the YES Theatre board president, Mr. Yazid Zahde, who gave him an introduction to the political situation and the history of Hebrons old city. On 13th of April, YES Theatre was invited to present the Abu Raad play in the framework of a regional conference of German international cooperation organizations that was taking place from 12th until the 16th of April in Bethlehem. YES Theatre did impress and surprise the audience with a high standard of acting and the compelling content of the play that dealt with possible obstacles young girls have to face in the local society. The audience was that much overwhelmed, that the ovations seemed not to end. In March 2011 the new training cycle of the YES4Youth program has started with 15 participants, who compromised themselves for a period of six months. During that time they are participating in a theater training twice a week, provided by the YES Theatre team and will in addition participate in training measures provided by external trainers, as for example in puppet theater and Theater of the Oppressed method. Subsequently the participants will participate as assistant directors in the Kids4Kids project and will have the opportunity to direct parts of theater plays with children themselves. After that, they will have the chance to lead theater trainings with school children and some of them will be able to participate maybe as future young actors with YES Theatre in some of their plays. On 24th of April, the Yes4Youth theater library which is based in the project building, close to the YES Theatre hall, opened its doors to public. Since then it is possible to lend out books about theater and ction in Arabic and English, every Saturday. WFD will have this cooperation with YES Theatre minimum until July 2012 and in that period a third group of young theater multipliers will have the chance to receive a six-months training as theater multipliers. After all, WFD is proud to work with YES Theatre, as a partner with high artistic standards and a deep rootedness in Hebron society. I am happy to see the progress in the education of young theater multipliers, which is an important precondition to spread theater as creative means and to gain wide acceptance of theater as a permanent institution in the society and life of Hebron.

Uli Schieszl WFD project consultant

01.06.2011

Our News
In preparation for a new project for the theater; Yes Theater team conducted a new research on School Dropouts. YT team visited multiple schools and met with teachers, parents and students in search for reasons behind the school dropout phenomenon. The Yes Theater team also put together an extended workshop in Al Fawar Elementary Boys School which was led by Mr. Ahmed Al-Amsy, the school principal. It is worth mentioning that twenty ve teachers and parents attended the workshop. Mr. Al Amsy discussed the reasons behind the school dropout phenomenon and its impact on children.

On January 1st, Yes Theater hosted Goethes institute play Hikikomori. The play shed the light on the psychological and social problems that face the youth when returning from abroad. On January 17th, Yes Theater put together a seven day workshop which was supervised by the specialist Nidal Al-khateb. The purpose of the workshop was to teach the participants the basic techniques of making puppets from materials available in the environment. Yes 4Youth graduates year 2010, were among the participants in the workshop. On January 24th, the public relations ofcer Ihab Zhada, participated in the preliminary meeting of Amar ya beladi Campaign at the Old City Rehabilitation Committee Centre. On February 3rd , Yes Theater in cooperation with Terre Des Hommes and with the participation of a group of young children hosted a workshop entitled Non Fiction Dance. The nal outcome of the ve days workshop was a theatrical performance attended by an audience of children and parents. On February 2nd, Yes Theater hosted the stand-up comedian Iman Zayed who conducted a workshop with the artistic staff. Ms. Zayed introduced the stand-up comedy to the participants and she and the staff shared their experiences and discussed the possibilities of any future cooperation. YT technician Hammam Amro had a training in the sound and light systems as a capacity building program with the British Council in Jordan from February 13th to February 16th ,2011. On February 14th ,YT started with the second phase of Y4Y program . Ten trainees joined the program from different areas in Hebron and the program will be run till the mid of August 2011. On February 16th the project coordinator in War child visited YT to be introduced to the staff and the work process in the theatre. TIPH nancially supported twenty performances of Abu Al Raad play on February, 16th. The agreement was to perform for all the schools in the southern areas (H2) of Hebron city.

Al Alam radio station in Hebron and Ajyal in Ramallah hosted YT media spokesman Raed Shyoukhi to discuss the latest activities of Yes Theatre on January 1st and February 2nd ,2011. The play One Small Step was performed for ten schools in Hebron. The play which was supported by the British, talked about the Humans story when landed on the moon in a beautiful dramatic style. The performances ended in March 2011. A representative of War Child (Holland) visited Yes Theatre on February 23rd,2011 to be introduced to YT artistic and administrative staff and the work process in the theatre. By the end of March, nine of YT trainers (Yes4Youth graduates 2010) conducted nine drama workshops in different areas in Hebron. The nal outcome of each workshop was a performance which was attended by the families of the participants, their teachers and their colleagues. On April, YT performed Abu Al Raad play for different universities and theatres in different cities in Palestine. It was performed for both Al Quds and Hebron universities, Ashtar theatre- Ramallah, and for Dar Al Nadwa- Bethlehem. The closing performance was on YT stage in Hebron. When it comes to the social news of YT, the colleague Raed Shyoukhi had a daughter Zena on March 30th, and the administrative manager Mohammad Issa had his rst born (a boy) Hasan on April 20th . YT had extended meetings with ActionAid (Denmark) on April 3rd and another one on April 20th . The purpose of the meetings was to discuss the possible partnership between YT and the Contact Theatre in Denmark. It was agreed to have a representative from the Danish theatre on June 2011 to study the possibility of developing a two years joint project between the two organizations. The monitoring and evaluation ofcer in War Child(Holland) visited YT on April 26th to check the reporting system in the theatre. The administrative manager Mohammad Issa participated in an information workshop conducted by the EU about the cultural programs for the current year. The workshop was on April 27th in Bethlehem. YT nished its play tour which included forty performances of Abu Al Raad play on May 11th . The tour covered forty schools and it was under Play4Kids program which is annually implemented by YT. This year and for the rst time the theatre adopted the theatre of the oppressed in performing the play. YT performed the Gaza Monologues twice for the public, one on April 16th and the other on the 23rd . The play was under Kids4Kids program which is annually implemented with different school students in Hebron . A play is produced and then performed under a play tour for school students who have the same age as the participants. The Monologues were written by Gaza children who experienced the war . It is worth mentioning that this production was part of a big project initiated by Ashtar theatre/ Ramallah and all the monologues were performed at the same time in more than fty countries around the world in the Mid of October 2010. YT chairman Mr.Yazid Zahda and the artist Raed Shyoukhi represented YT in the fourth conference of War Childs part-

ners in the Middle East. In the conference the participants shared their work experiences and War Child carried out workshops in different artistic and administrative subjects. YT is currently working on 3 plays under kids4kids project for this summer vacation 2011. The programs manager at Welfare Association Mr. Ammar Dweik visited Yes Theatre on April 26th, 2011. In this visit, the administrative manager Mr. Mohammad Issa discussed the possibility of building a theatre hall for YT. Mr. Issa provided the Welfare Association with a blueprint of the hall in his visit to the association on May 4th, 2011. On May 3rd,2011 The manager of YT had a meeting with the representative of Diakonia Ms. Safa Abu Asabeh to discuss the possibility of having a future cooperation between the two organizations. The Swedish director Jonathan Kolf visited the theatre on January 15th, 2011 to discuss the possibility of having a future cooperation. A delegate from TIPH visited the theatre on May 17th, 2011 to be introduced to the theatre programs and to discuss the possibility of a future cooperation. A logical framework was developed by the theatre and ActionAid (Denmark) through various meetings between May 17th and May 25th ,2011. The framework included many ideas to be implemented by the theatre. A delegate from Flag project visited the theatre on June 12th ,2011 to discuss the possibility of implementing a summer camp on Heath Education through Drama and Theatre. A video conference with ActionAid( Denmark) partners was held on June 19th ,2011 to discuss the future projects of this organization. The partners who participated in the conference were: The Palestinian Center for Democracy and Human Rights, Sharek Forum, Yes Theatre, and Pyalara. The administrative assistant of Yes Theatre participated in the TOT training which was carried out by ActionAid Denmark in Jordan. The aim of this training was to develop the skills of the youth to create a change in their societies and it took place between July 7th and July 27th, 2011. On July 11th, the administrative manager of Yes Theatre participated in the workshop held by WCH (Holland) in Ramallah. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss the project of Child Rights Situation Analysis A delegate from the Japanese embassy visited the theatre on July 19th ,2011 to coordinate the show of the puppeteer Jo Taira.
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Several workshops on the Organizational Behavior were carried out in the theatre. The workshops were planned to start on July 20th, 2011 and to end in December, 2011. A group of trainers from the British organization Free2be visited the theatre to carry out a training in drama for Y4Y trainees. The training took place from September 24th to September 26th,2011. The artistic team of the French Company Nadja visited Yes Theatre to implement a joint project between the two organizations. The visit took place from September 26th to October 30th, 2011. The manager of Yes Theatre attended the meeting held by Sida on October 10th, 2011. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the three years grant. Three puppet shows for the Japanese puppeteer Jo Taira were performed for some schools in Hebron and for the public on October 15th, 2011. In addition, a workshop on puppet making was carried out on the same day with Y4Y trainees. The administrative assistant of YT participated in MeYouMe Meeting that took place from October 27th to October 31st, 2011. Yes Theatre participated in the Solidarity with Palestine ceremony that was held in Paris from October 28th to October 29th, 2011. Yes Theatre participated in a planning workshop with ActionAid(Denmark) from November 1st ,2011 to November 2nd , 2011. The purpose of the workshop was to develop a joint project between the two organizations on cultural education. Mr. Raed Shyoukhi participated in the Training of Trainer ToT that was carried out by ActionAid(Denmark) in Jordan from October 2nd to October 13th ,2011. The purpose of the training was to develop the skills of the participants in different subjects including group management, storytelling, acting etc. Mr. Raed Shyoukhi participated in the Civic Education and Democracy Conference that took place in Alexandria from October 29th to November 2nd , 2011. The conference was held by the Swedish organization AnnaLindh . Many organizations from more than twenty Mediterranean countries attended the conference to set the principles of democracy and civic education in these countries. Yes Theatre participated in the Planning and Proposal Workshop that was carried out by WarChild (Holland) from November 16th to November 18th, 2011. The artistic staff of YT and two girls from Kids4Kids participated in the cultural exchange program arranged by Nadja Company from November 1st to November 18th, 2011. They presented a number of performances and participated in many workshops on theatre and children, and theatre and youth.

An Idea
Strong blows drive me out of the circle. My bravery fails me so I cannot resist them. I open my eyes to the truth which is always hidden behind implicit compliments. The weapons I use to face the pain are few. They have a slow impact. The mind becomes numb because of the consecutive strikes. I became irresponsive to the danger alerts around me We are very good in combining words and polishing them. We are very creative in the science of language and we are able to shape the reality in the way we want even if on papers. Our life is like a piece of paper with which the wind plays. We are very traditional in our thoughts. We have closed minds. Our souls are burdened with superstitions. We talk a lot and do nothing. We are always cursing. It is the truth No, it is the bitterness we drink everyday. We keep it under our skin, in the water of our eyes, and in the cavities of our minds. We resist the desire of vomiting this bitterness because we got used to it same as we got used to our defeats. The painters, the writers, the poets, the musicians and the sculptors have these crazy moments because they are in the midst of searching for the truth . They realize that what they gave to the world was fake. They realize that what the humans accomplished did not contribute in making them comfortable. Every individual looks at any issue from his point of view. However, there is still one point of view that is right. The truth is held in what these drew in their paintings and composed in their music pieces and poetry. When the truth got lost between a critic and a philosopher they found their comfort in destroying the truth with their hands. This is much better than being destroyed with the hands of these who do not know anything. No one can feel the pain expect these who have it. When you are honest to yourself you do not use rhymes. When you talk about yourself you do not use grammar and you do not compliment yourself. Everyone knows his value and potentials. However, the biggest problem is when you think you are something but you are nothing except a mirage in the horizon. The philosophy is the controversial relationship between the human and his self. It has an intimate relationship with the language. They are both a talk. If you look at it, you will nd it empty and meaningless despite the richness of its vocabularyexactly like a sparkling jewelry which is admired by all but in reality it is only a cheap metalUsing philosophy without wisdom is in vain. Nora Salah
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I Will Never Stop Going to the TheatreThe Place I Adore

Incomplete Questions
Claws attack me from the roads, whenever I step forward stammering I hear their erce barks They are watching me with mean and hungry eyes they scratch a memory of safety They dig into my arteries with no mercy and they ght to win the prey They save no heart, and they leave no headand in all cases they are full That darkness devour me it destroys all the stars in its ways It makes me drown in an endless sea I run in a corner of an ignorant memory,,. all the destined meanings reject me The letters break me at the beginning of the road, all the pronouns make me exhausted I stutter in my presenceI am scattered when I am gone I stumble with my last dreams I am caught by white ghosts with spiral hands.they wrap my world with more fogginess Black clouds with shadows and fangs.the claws of time become crueler Its beaches are surrounded by years of denial...separationand desertion An age of craziness running two ages of sleep are wondering when the nap is They stay up at a night drawn in the eyes of these who are asleepthey are waiting for a nap that will last for years I could not sleep because of an ideaon its threshold illogical looks run They draw more questions without being shy When are our yawning bodies going to lie down in the laps of the afternoon? When are they going to untie the burdens on their backs and give them to a back that does not know how to bend? These are incomplete questionsand that is an endless answer Wafa Al Amle A participant in Yes4Youth program 2011

I love theatre. It was my dream to be on its stage. My dream came true after one year of my participation in YT. I participated in Yes4Youth program and then I had my chance to act in YT recent play Abu Al Raad. This play was the rst to be performed in the theatre of the oppressed style and I played the role of Sarah , the heroine . I and my colleagues Bushra Al Atrash and Nagham Al Sharif, were the rst actresses to perform on YT stage in Hebron . A great challenge to the reality as we unfortunately still have many worn out traditions. I believe in women rights and the ability of women to work in all the elds with the condition of sticking to the right manners. I encourage each girl to work in the eld she wants whether arts, engineering, media , medicine etc. If she wants to be an actress, she should go ahead. We at the theatre try to deliver a meaningful message to the society. The credit goes to my parents for supporting me. They encouraged me to choose the best for myself. This motivated me to continue with what I started and I am very proud of them and they are proud of me as well. Through my experience in YT I proved that I am able to manage between studying (I am majoring in graphics) and acting. I will always search for ways to develop my potentials in both of them. I say thanks for YT, Thanks for my teachers (Mohammad, Read and Ihab) I respect you all and I am proud to be with you forever and always. I will smell this great fragrance whenever I mention your name and you will always be the oil in the lantern that illuminates the road of my ambitions and success. You will always be the door for my dreams which opens up to the sky of your fame and professionalism. Bushra Abu Saimeh An Actress in Abu Al Raad play 2011

The Cats Heart

I will tell you the story of my friend (Ivon). It is very similar to the stories we read ..My name is Tolen but my friend Ivon used to call me the ( Cats armor) because she used to imagine that I am the armor which protects her all the time. I too had a nickname for her. I used to call her (Cats heart) because she loved cats and she felt comfortable to see their warm kind colors. I and (Cats heart) were a team that helped the cats. One day I went to Cat hearts house and I saw her sad. She was looking at the sky when she said with a sad sigh God, how am I going to

The Journey of a Thousand Miles St arts with a Step The Journey of a Thousand Miles Starts with a Step We always hear this sentence in different situations and placesI believe in this sentence because it holds a lot of meaning. I realized what it truly means when I had my rst acting experience in YT. My heart beats raced quickly in my chest until I felt that it would leave its place. I did not know why.Was it the fear of this new experience? Or the fear of failure?or was it a normal human feeling when trying out something new? With every heart beat there was the question Can you do it?..I felt I was going crazy because I asked this question to myself every now and then. You may be surprised to hear that this question created a challenge for me. The challenge that made me loudly scream Yes I canyes I can. The rehearsals for the play started with a team that has a special place in my heart. For me, this team is not only a team of great actors but also of three brothers. I loved their relationship with each other as I spent almost a year with them when I participated in Yes4Youth 2010. Then I became an assistant for the director Mohammad Titi in Kids4Kids program. After that, I reached my rst acting experience. At the beginning of the rehearsals I had many mixed feelings: fear, sadness, happiness especially that I was playing a challenging role. I played the role of a bossy mean stepmother. This role made me tired and I was going to quit but my three brothers supported me and taught me that theatre has a message that needs to be delivered through my role. There are three names that I will never forget as long as I am alive..Mohammad Titi, Ihab Zahda, and Raed Shyoukhi. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me to take this rst step in the thousand miles journey..but the question nowWould this step be followed with other steps??
Bushra Al Atrash An actress in Abu Al Raad play 2011

leave this life? My heart started beating quickly and I walked towards her to ask her what she meant. She said: No, No I mean nothing I was just talking to myself. Since that day I am afraid of the moment in which (Cats heart) will leave me.I cried each time I remembered her words. I could not imagine how I am going to do everything all by myself..To whom am I going to tell my secrets after she is gone? But..No.. I will not give up and I will do my best to protect her..She plays with me and tells me all her secrets..I promise you (Cats heart) I will help you and make you happy in your last days ..I will never let you forget me. After a week, I took (Cats heart) on some short walks to make her feel better. One day she met a new friend (Raphel). Raphel was the most handsome boy in the city. We used to notice that he looked sad when he watched us play together. I asked him why he looked sad and he said I had a brother who was more handsome than me and we used to play, have fun, cry, and sing together . I asked him Where is your brother now Raphel? He replied He died. When I asked him how..He said when he was nine years old we found out that he had a deadly disease, and after a year our house burnt down and he was caught inside the house. I went to rescue him and we were surrounded by re so we were forced to jump out of the window. He jumped rst and fell on his back and died..Since then I remember him with grief. I cannot forget him, and I hope that I will follow him to paradise. When he nished his story I immediately thought of (Cats heart) and I decided to tell Raphel about her. Suddenly, (Cats heart) screamed at me How do you tell my secret to others? But I explained the reason why I told (Raphel) about her and I told her the story of his brother. She forgave me, we stayed together. We will never part and we will travel to Paris next year. This is an advice for you all : Never leave your friends alone

Elana Ghaleb Al Qazaqi 14 years old, Dora Girls Elementary School

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Ha ve You Ever Heard This Story?

It is 7:00 pm now. The blonde girl with her light skin, hazel eyes and pink dress is sitting on a purple chair on the table that is beside the window. She looks at the street, she waits, she leans her head, and then she sighs. This is the third time I go to this caf at this time to see her with the same clothes at the same spot sipping coffee with one hand and holding a tea spoon with the other. I assumed she comes alone to replay the memories of her sad love story, or to remember the sweet moments she spent with her unfaithful husband or her lost friend at this place. But, I did not notice any passion or sadness in her eyes. On the contrary, I was curious about her eyes which were full of pity. I decided to leave the caf and come back the next day and I did. I found her sitting at the same spot, at the same table, and on the same chair as if she has not left the place since yesterday. But..No..wait..One thing changed..She is smiling..Yes, she looks out to the street and smiles. I was very curious about her so I sat on the table that is opposite hers and I started looking to what she was looking at. I saw a cat playing with her kittens. At that moment I knew the reason behind her sad smile.. I was confused..I was not brave enough to ask her what is it with the cat and the kittensI could not ask her about the reason behind her magical sad smile..So I paid the cheque and rushed outside the door. I heard footsteps behind me, I looked back and I found the same girl following me. I was surprised. She looked at me smiling and said: Before my grandfather died he told me to change my bad habit of watching people and to watch the cats with their kittens instead..Each day I discover that he was right, so I smile and cry at the same time

Bushra Abu Saimeh An Actress in Abu Al Raad play 2011

The Gra ve of Lifethe Pulse of Life The Gra ve of Life

How hard is the life we liveIt takes from us the ones we love and it always stands against our hopesI want to tell a story that I will never forget as long as I am alive...It is the story of a lost girl..She does not have anyone to hug after she lost the dearest person to her heart..Her mother..she lived her indescribable nights and ran screaming in this life with the hope of nding the safe lapat the end she found out that life is only lines of sadness, tears and conict with destiny. She was scared; she cried and hid her pain in her heart. No one felt her pain and no one answered her rescue calls so she decided to commit suicide. Maybe by doing so she will meet the dearest person to her heart her mother.. But she realized that suicide is a weakness and a surrender..So she decided to face the challenge of her painful reality..She struggled and worked on changing her reality to the better..She realized that life is very beautiful and it is worth living if we face the pains it has and change it into happiness.

The Pulse of Life

The place got very dark and it was very hard to see I could not speak to you and tell you what I hold in my heart for you because you are the closet to me..Sometimes I call you the medicine of pain..and at others I call you the ink of my artery..However, today I call you The Pulse of Life..Do you know why? Because I can tell you whatever is going on in my heart without any hesitation. Sometimes the human does not realize what he is saying or what he is doing..He starts to mumble words that appears to be empty but holds his mystery.. He works on dening a goal for his life through which he can reach the world of happiness in front of others.. Some people insist that everyone should open his life les just to remember what is inside them even if he does not like to. Why do some people insist to share our life with us? Why do we search deep down within us for the sadness and not for the happiness? Why? The beautiful moments pass too quickly..How beautiful it is to look at all the blessings God gave us and realize how merciful he is.. We should be sure that hope does not die and that we are the ones who create life.

Ola Abu Sneneh A participant in Yes4Youth Program 2011

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Yes Theatre and I

First of all, I would like to thank everyone that contributed in implementing Yes4Youth program. When I started I had some difculties but because I love it I decided to overcome all the obstacles to reach my goal. When I came to Yes Theatre and since day one in Yes4Youth program I loved everything related to the theatre: the colleagues, the staff and the plays. I impatiently wait for the day of the workshop because I nd my happiness in the theatre. It is the place where I am comfortable and where I freely express myself. I loved the theatre since I was a child. Because it is my friend ,my rescuer and my guide, I hope to be successful in the eld of theatre. I say thanks to Yes Theatre staff that allowed me to join this program

Khalil Nassar A participant in Yes4Youth program 2011

I am honored to say that my experience with Yes Theatre is one of the most amazing experiences I have ever been through. It had its own stamp and taste..Through this experience I was introduced to many drama works. I have always wanted to get familiar with the nature of drama and the theatre. This experience motivated me to expand my horizons because the nature of my work requires continuous changes when dealing with children. I should try to keep the energy and the creativity which has the greatest effects on the childrens psyche. This contributes in creating a strong generation which has the condence to stand in front of an audience without any fear or hesitation. Therefore, I say thanks to Yes Theatre for all they have done for us, for their support and efforts to make this program successful.

Ola Abu Sneneh A participant in Yes4Youth program 2011

On stage all your ideas and ambitions are expressed. Also, on stage you can tackle the problems which the theatre of life could not nd any solutions for. It was an amazing experience through which I was able to express myself and to deliver a meaningful message to the society. It was the rst time for me to perform professionally on stage in front of an audience of the public and the students. Through theatre you can comprehensively tackle the problems in the society. I really found myself in the theare. Therefore, I would like to advise everyone who has passion for acting to go for it if they can, because it has a sacred message. I was honored to be one of the three girls who for the rst time acted on YTs stage in Hebron. I hope to continue in what I started and to deliver as many messages as I can.

Nagham Al Sharif An Actress in Abu Al Raad play & A participant in Yes4Youth program 2011

I Dream
I dream of a landin which thousand trees bloom A land that has owers, green scenery, soil and in which there is no narrow places Cheerful neighborswho all have children Just as me and younot more...not less I dream of a land in which thousands of gardens grow There where is shadow and grass and no dark corners Happy cheerful neighbors...and they are all different.. They all are pretty as me and youand no one is better than the other I dream of a landfull of thousand pictures There is red and green on the edgesand good neighbors And everything lasts for longExactly as it is with me and you Where there is no place for depression

A German song lyrics chosen by Mohammad Titi

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The Figure of this Issue Dear Reader,

In this issue we shed the light on a gure that had the greatest impact on the modern theatrical art. The gure is the founder of the Theatre of the Oppressed, the Brazilian Augusto Boal. Boal was born in ( Rio de Janeiro ). As an undergraduate, Boal got a degree in Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He took an interest in theatre at an early age, preparing skits for family members along with his three brothers, but he did not become involved in the theatre scene until after completing his masters degree. After graduating from the UFRJ, Boal went to New York, where he studied at the School of Dramatic Arts at Columbia University while also pursuing his masters degree in Chemical Engineering. Among Boals theatre professors was John Gassner, who had also taught Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. In 1956, shortly after graduating, Boal was asked to work with the Arena Theatre in So Paulo, southeast Brazil. Boal was in charge of directing plays along with other dramaturgs such as Jose Renato, who was also the founder of the Arena Theatre. It was here that he began to experiment with new forms of theatre never before seen in Brazil, such as Stanislavskis system for actors. While working at the Arena Theatre in So Paulo, Boal directed a number of classical dramas, which he transformed to make them more pertinent to Brazilian society and its economy. Among these plays was John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men, known in Brazil as Ratos e Homens. This was Boals rst performance as a director at the Arena Theatre of So Paulo. Boals teachings were controversial, and as a cultural activist he was seen as a threat by the Brazilian military regime. In 1971, Boal was kidnapped off the street, arrested, tortured, and eventually exiled to Argentina, where he stayed for 5 years. During those 5 years, Boal published two books: Torquemada (1971) and his much acclaimed Theatre of the Oppressed (1973). After the fall of the military dictatorship, Boal returned to Brazil after 15 years of exile in 1986. He established a major Center for the Theatre of the Oppressed in Rio de Janeiro(CTO Rio), whose objective was to study, discuss and express issues concerning citizenship, culture and various forms of oppression using theatrical language. Boals work in the CTO made way for the approval of a new law that protects crime victims and witnesses in Brazil. Boals group has worked next to numerous organizations that ght for human rights. Augusto Boal died 2 May 2009 at age 78 in Rio de Janeiro. He died of respiratory failure after a long battle against leukemia. Critic Yan Michalski argues that Augusto Boal is the best-known and most respected Brazilian theatre practitioner abroad. Some of his published works are: Theatre of the Oppressed, Games for Actors and Non-actors, and the Rainbow of Desire.

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Nugget of Wisdom
A snowy wind blew on a small bird while ying, so it fell on the ground freezing. A kind donkey saw the bird and covered it with some soil to make it a bit warm. The bird got warm so it enjoyably started singing. The sound of the bird attracted a wolf which peed on the soil to be able to catch it. When the soil turned into mud, the wolf caught the bird and ate it.

The meaning of the story

1. The one who throws soil at you is not necessarily your enemy 2. The one who takes you out of the mud is not necessarily your friend 3. When you are drowning in mud it is better to keep your mouth shut

The Riddle of this Issuee

Mohammad wrote down some numbers. He created some kind of a relation between them. However, his brother erased one of these numbers. Could you help Mohammad nd the missing number by discovering the relation between all the numbers? The numbers are as follows: 1296 1341 1329 1375 1364 .............. 1401 1449 1440 ?

The winners who won a100 NIS by solving the riddle of the 3rd issue are:
Yana Motaz Maraq / 9 years / The Arabic Evangelical School Adham Shyoukhi/ 7 years/Fahed Al Qawasme Boys School Qusai Bali/ 7 years/ The Muslim Youth Society

Find the Lost Word

Find and circle all of the words that are hidden in the grid. The words may be hidden in any direction.

ACQUAINTANCES BOYFRIEND BUDDY CLOSENESS COMPANIONS CONFIDE FAVOR FONDNESS FRIENDLINESS FUN GIRLFRIEND GOOD TIMES HELP LEND LOYALTY PAL PRANKS SHARE

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Memories from Our Beginning

I still remember clearly the rst day we got our light equipment. We were doing some theatre exercises in YT. On that day, a truck carrying 18 boxes full of technical tools reached the theatre. We bought a lighting device of 16 amps with a remote control. All the equipment in addition to what we collected and made ourselves has become part of an advanced lighting system. For the rst time in years we do not need to borrow equipment for our tours anymore. We now have our own equipment. I hope that each group of actors which believes in theatre and its development to experience a day like the one we had.

Hammam Amro YT Technician

She Said Lets Separate

She said lets separate..but I cannot stand the idea..how the soul is going to leave the body She said lets separateand I went crazy...Imagining myself and her A body without a soul, without a heart, and without emotions She said lets burndamned is the break up as long as I breathe you She said lets separate I said Id rather have my head cut off The child goes crazy if his doll is taken away from him..How will not I go crazy when they take my beloved away from me? Do not you know till now..that you are my evenings, my wine and my goblet? Do not you know till now...that you are my star and my companion in the nights and the evenings Do not know you know that leaving me is the cruelest thing to do? I swear to God...I will trample whoever tries to take you away from me with my feet You are my soul, my eyes and my sightyou are my certainty, my awakening, and my obsession Damned is the time that would let us separate...that who separates lovers is a villain My love..you are the most preciousyou have never left my mind..I will never forget your love You are the breath I take in my chestyou are my beginning, my universe and my roots How would you leave this ship without a captainwithout a direction, without an anchor? If you leave then I am an orphanage without orphansI am the departed and I will give myself consolation Stay with me and take whatever you wantDo not leave me like that..in love with you...weeping you, and suffering I do not want anything from this life except living with the one who is meant to be with me.

Raed Shyoukhi

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T ake a Break Smile

The patient: My problem is that everyone ignores me The psychiatric: Who is next? The patient : I have premonitions The psychiatric: When did this start? The patient: Next Thursday The doctor : You have to walk ve kilometers a day After ten days the patient called the doctor The patient : Hey doctor I am in Ramallah now, what should I do next? The patient to the doctor : I am very afraid it is the rst time I go into this kind of surgery The doctor: Do not worry son, it is my rst as well

The patient : Next Thursda y

The doctor : You have to walk ve kilometers a day After ten days the patient called the doctor The patient : Hey doctor I am in Ramallah now, what should I do next? The patient to the doctor : I am very afraid it is the rst time I go into this kind of surgery The doctor: Do not worry son, it is my rst as well

Across
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. As _____________ as a feather. Fly like a ___________. Swim like a _____________. Cry like a ___________. As ____________ as a bunny. As ____________ as an ox. As ____________ as an eel. As slow as a _____________.

Down
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. As tall as a _____________. As ____________ a bee. As ____________ as a mule. Waddle means to walk like a _____________. As blind as a _____________. As _____________ as a mouse. As _____________ as ice. As ______________ as a fox. Eat like a ___________. As white as ___________.

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