Return to Haifa
March 14, 7:16 PM
Chicago Arab-American Culture ExaminerFaten Dabis
Inspired by Ghassan Kanafani’s novella, M.E.H. Lewis’ play, Return to Haifa focuses on two couples who end up sharing the same house at different points in time. The Palestinian couple, Safiyeh (Diana Simonzadeh) and Ishmail (Anish Jethmalani) are living in their home in Haifa with their newborn son when the Zionist militias attack Palestine. They are forced from their home leaving their infant son behind in the turmoil.
Jewish immigrants, Sarah (Saren Nofs-Snyder) and Jakob (Daniel Cantor) promptly replace the displaced couple in their home and are stunned to find a crying infant when the Israeli Ministry of “Abandoned” Property gives them Safiyeh and Ishmail’s home. Twenty years later, the Palestinian couple returns to their home in Haifa to find it occupied, a theme that has plagued all of Palestine for decades. They are also astonished to find their son alive and well. ...READ MORE
Chicago Arab-American Culture ExaminerFaten DabisInspired by Ghassan Kanafani’s novella, M.E.H. Lewis’ play, Return to Haifa focuses on two couples who end up sharing the same house at different points in time. The Palestinian couple, Safiyeh (Diana Simonzadeh) and Ishmail (Anish Jethmalani) are living in their home in Haifa with their newborn son when the Zionist militias attack Palestine. They are forced from their home leaving their infant son behind in the turmoil.
Jewish immigrants, Sarah (Saren Nofs-Snyder) and Jakob (Daniel Cantor) promptly replace the displaced couple in their home and are stunned to find a crying infant when the Israeli Ministry of “Abandoned” Property gives them Safiyeh and Ishmail’s home. Twenty years later, the Palestinian couple returns to their home in Haifa to find it occupied, a theme that has plagued all of Palestine for decades. They are also astonished to find their son alive and well. ...READ MORE
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