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Launch of NO PLACE | لا مكان Radio Play Series


Welcome to the NO PLACE | لا مكان Radio Play Series 

a new platform for Palestinian playwrights to explore contemporary themes through an historic medium of performance, brought to you by the Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University and the A.M. Qattan Foundation


Another Swimmer / عائم
By Khawla Ibraheem
English version edited by A. George Bajalia
Directed by Khawla Ibraheem

Arabic Cast
Ameena Adileh
Adam Bakri
Mohammad Bakri
Reem Talhami

English Cast
Ameena Adileh
Adam Bakri
Mohammad Bakri
Reem Talhami

Music by
Rami Nakhleh


A kid who asks too much / طفلٌ كثير السؤال
By Bashar Murkus
Translated by Lore Baeten
Directed by Fidaa Zidan

Arabic Cast
Akheel Abu Saleh
Motaz Malhees

English Cast
Akheel Abu Saleh
Osh Ashruf

Music by
Thaier Bashir


The Last Machine / آخر زمن
By Ismail Khalidi
Translated by Shadi Rohana
Directed by Ismail Khalidi and Aliya Khalidi

Arabic Cast
Aliya Khalidi
Dima Matta
Mira Sidawi
Hadi Tabbal

English Cast
Yasmine Al Massri
Aliya Khalidi
Dima Matta
Hadi Tabbal

Dialect Coach
Awad H. Awad


The NO PLACE | لا مكان Production Team
Executive Producer: Tom Casserly
Produced and Edited by: Paola Cossermelli Messina 
General Manager: Simone Rutkowitz
Production Stage Manager: Fouad Hassan
Theme Music by: Desert Kites
Graphic Design: Nasreen Abd Elal
Artistic Advisers: Selma Dabbagh and Ahmed Masoud

Special Thanks
Nadia Abu El-Haj, Mahmoud Abu Hashhash, A. George Bajalia, Carol Becker, Brian Boyd, Layla Faraj, Eileen Gillooly, Lina Haramy, Ismail Khalidi, Scott RC Levy, Geoffrey Mustafa Lokke, Brinkley Messick, Nisreen Naffa, Peter Richards, Lamis Shalaldeh, Dalia Taha


NO PLACE | لا مكان is a project of the Center for Palestine Studies produced in partnership with the A. M. Qattan Foundation, with support from Taawon, and the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. Learn more about the development of the project here.