2009 Programs and Events
Mark Twain meets Palestinian Audiences through Storytelling Series in Jerusalem and the West Bank
With the support of a Consulate grant, Palestinian National Theater-Hakawati performed the Mark Twain short story, Jim Smiley and his Jumping Frog in Jerusalem, Nablus and the American Corner in Jericho to the delight of children and their families who laughed and clapped as the storyteller acted out the frog. The March and April performances are part of a larger Consulate grant to the Hakawati Theater to translate great American short stories into Arabic and retell them in a traditional Arab storytelling style. As part of the series, the Theater has also performed short stories by Lebanese-American author Jubran Khalil Jubran and will soon be staging Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
