Sara Krulwich/The New York Times: Najla Said performing “Palestine” at the Fourth Street Theater. "...Indeed, while Ms. Said’s theatrical cocktail might be viewed as personal and political, she said she made efforts not to offend any group. She felt the pain of being misunderstood all too keenly after 9/11, she said, because she realized that her heritage made her an outsider, at best, to people who knew nothing about her or about Arab-Americans.
But Ms. Said also finds a danger in group identification, which can mean the loss of the details of real personal history, which are needed for people to see and hear each other fully, she said after a recent rehearsal. “We’ve all got stories,” she said.... READ MORE"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/theater/09said.html?ref=arts
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