Come in sir, we will wait for you outside - 1998
A play/performance presented during the events of
50 Years of Nakbah and Resistance. Produced by Th��tre de Beyrouth.
The idea of this presentation is very simple: Stay where you are and we will bring you Palestine.
You can sit comfortably while you watch others sweat.
Stay where you are, we shall bring to you all that you wished to see but couldn�t.
Man: �Would you help me turn his head around?�
Actors 1-2-3: �No�
Man: �Was he dragged with this rope through the alleys?�
Actors 1-2-3: �I don't know sir�
Man: �Who tied him up?�
Actors 1-2-3: �I don't know sir�
Man: �Were they Saad Haddad's men?�
Actors 1-2-3: �I don't know�
Man: �The Israelis?�
Actors 1-2-3: �I don't know�
Man: �The Kataeb?�
Actors 1-2-3: �I don't know�
Man: �Did you know him?�
Actors 1-2-3: �Yes�
Man: �Did you see him getting killed?�
Actors 1-2-3: �Yes�
Man: �Who killed him?�
Actors 1-2-3: �I don't know�
Actor 3: �Your clean clothes pollute this place�
Actor 2: �My friend/guide never called me by my name. Tony is a dangerous word in this place�
Actor 1: �Tony equals 3000 dead�
Actor 3: �The camp is alive; you are the germ and you are the one who will be expulsed�
Actor 1: �The camp is a big bomb and it hits you on the head�
Actor 1: �This is not our contribution in liberating Palestine�
Actor 2: �You are not watching us. We are watching ourselves�
Actor 3: �Stay where you are. Palestine will not be liberated�
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