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'A Knock on the Roof' is a tragic, heart-pounding portrait of war in Gaza

JL;DR SUMMARY "A Knock on the Roof" at New York Theater Workshop presents a gripping portrayal of life in Gaza during the 2014 Israel-Hamas war through Mariam, played by Khawla Ibraheem. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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GazaIsrael Hamas WarTheaterKhawla IbraheemNew York Theater WorkshopPalestinian RepresentationWar PortrayalMinimalist StageRoof Knocking TacticOliver Butler

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Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"How far can you run in five minutes? Thats the question actress Khawla Ibraheem asks the audience several minutes into A Knock on the Roof at the New York Theater Workshop. Ibraheem plays a Palestinian woman named Mariam during the 2014 Israel-Hamas war awaiting a strike from the Israeli Defense Forces."
New York City, New York, United States
"stars as Mariam: a woman surviving wartime Gaza in A Knock on the Roof, now playing at the New York Theater Workshop."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"The play was originally supposed to premiere in Oct. 2023 at the Palestinian National Theater in Haifa, before the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks and Israels subsequent war in Gaza disrupted production."
Majdal Shams, Northern District, Israel
"Ibraheem, who wrote and starred in the show, is an actor/playwright originally from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, which Israel annexed in 1981."

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