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His mother is Israeli, his father is Palestinian. His life? Complicated.

JL;DR SUMMARY "In Between" is a one-man autobiographical show by Ibrahim Miari, exploring his complex identity as a person born to a Palestinian-Muslim father and a Jewish-Israeli mother, who converted to Islam to marry. 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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IdentityIsraeli Palestinian ConflictMarriageAssimilationTheaterArab Jewish RelationsHumorInterfaithIbrahim MiariCultural Duality

Places mentioned

Akko, Northern District, Israel
"Miaris parents eventually settled in Akko, a mixed Arab-Jewish city on the coast of northern Israel."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"an airport encounter-turned-interrogation with an El Al security agent suspicious of Miaris overstuffed suitcase"
London, United Kingdom
"Noah is a Forward intern who recently completed a masters in journalism at City St Georges, University of London."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"for this weekday audience at Northeastern Universitys Blackman Theater."
Canada
"At a Canadian summer camp for peace activists, Miari, now an adult, meets and swiftly falls for a Jewish-American woman"

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