“Nemashim”

1. Shim Shabaab ya’eshu massrah youth lives Theater “Nemashim” Nemesh Noar messahek Shalom Youth plays peace together: Nemashim

2. PROPOSAL FOR A JOINT JEWISH-PALESTINIAN STAGE YEAR The Stage Year is intended to bring together Israeli Jewish and Arab students who have graduated from high school and will use theatre as a means to develop dialogue, mutual respect and understanding.

3. We are living together in the middle of a terrible, destructive conflict and we feel that a way out is by developing peaceful resistance to violence, realising the ideals of equality and co-existence in a mixed group and by using theatre to advance these ideals.

4. The group is made every year of 6 to 8 Israelis of Jewish and Arab origin who live together in a flat in Haifa. Together we prepare and create theatre programs that focus on promoting peace and understanding, under the guidance of Khitam Na’amne and Uri Shani, who have extensive experience in work of theatre and Jewish-Arab dialogue and meetings.

5. Objectives: • To bring together youth of two different nations living side by side in Israel. • To experience communal life • To work towards a continuance of this project • To learn and look at different points of view, identities, culture and behavior within the group as well as in the community surrounding it. • To encourage and increase meetings between Arab and Jews around Israel, voicing problems, questions and ideas. • To decrease tensions between Arab and Jews in the community in which we live. • To realize a better reality through theatre. • To create a supportive environment for all the objectives above.  

6. A weekly schedule • Work for two days a week to support the group’s existence. • Preparation of programs and work with the community, four times a week, for half a day. • Theatre of the oppressed workshops for adults and youth. • A Street performance- up to two times a week. • Rehearsals and studies- two or three days a week. We will study and discuss the Arab- Israeli conflict and its history, as well as some theatre history. Moreover we will hold discussions and talks about internal group issues, problems and successes. • Putting on a production-according to the group’s readiness and the community’s needs and will, the troupe will finish the year with a production that shall run in the city and in other cities around the country. • We will participate in some activities of different Arab- Jewish dialogue organizations- ‘Reoot Tsaduka’, ‘Tayush’ etc.

7. photos from workshop 2002-2003

10. photos from workshop 2003-2004

14. the workshop 2004-2005

18. workshop 2005-2006

20. A performance at activism-festival 2003

25. The audience participated in the play.

27. A performance in Wahat as-Salam/Neve Shalom

32. This stile is called “Forumtheater” and is based on the Brasilian Augusto Boal.

33. some photos from the kitchen and the livingroom in Neve Yossef

34. So many performances! Just some photos…

38. Many more Photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9370585@N07/collections/ Videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/nemashim reports: www.mideastweb.org/nemashim We are seeking funding for this endeavour and would be very grateful for your support. We therefore ask you to consider making this project a reality and thank you in advance of your support.

39. Please contact: Uri Shani abumidian@riseup.net Or donate to the german account: Kto.-Nr.: 300 80 BLZ: 240 501 10 Sparkasse Lüneburg Stichwort: NEMASHIM Please visit regularly our website: www.mideastweb.org/nemashim