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        &lt;p&gt;Artist and business owner Doreen Toutikian, founder of Beirut Design Week (and many other beautiful things that she’s had to leave in her past due to war) sits down with KP on February 23rd 2024 and performs monologue #10: Taima Okasha. She reflects on growing up hiding from bombs, the “Palestinian exception” anti-Palestinian racism in the arts and her fears of what might happen to her own home, Lebanon, if Israel is not stopped. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Six months and many voice memos later, some of the fears Doreen expressed in her interview start to occur as Israel attacks Lebanon. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"This is some black mirror shit. We've never seen anything like this." says Doreen. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.omgyno.com/"&gt;Support Doreen's newest venture Omgyno&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://gofund.me/3ea42bda"&gt;Help the Jaber Trifecta finish med school!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        Artist and business owner Doreen Toutikian, founder of Beirut Design Week (and many other beautiful things that she’s had to leave in her past due to war) sits down with KP on February 23rd 2024 and performs monologue #10: Taima Okasha. She reflects on growing up hiding from bombs, the “Palestinian exception” anti-Palestinian racism in the arts and her fears of what might happen to her own home, Lebanon, if Israel is not stopped. Six months and many voice memos later, some of the fears Doreen expressed in her interview start to occur as Israel attacks Lebanon. "This is some black mirror shit. We've never seen anything like this." says Doreen. <a href="https://www.omgyno.com/">Support Doreen's newest venture Omgyno</a>!<a href="https://gofund.me/3ea42bda">Help the Jaber Trifecta finish med school!</a>
      

MONOLOGUE#10 | Whatever You Build + Empty Cans

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        &lt;p&gt;Audio artist and organizer &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/aliyapabani/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aliya Pabani&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; takes Gaza Monologue #19 and binaural in-ear microphones (be sure to listen for the 3-dimensional effect: listen in headphones and you will walk with her) to a Toronto branch of the largest worldwide financier of weapons used by Israel. &lt;/p&gt;
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        Audio artist and organizer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aliyapabani/">Aliya Pabani</a> takes Gaza Monologue #19 and binaural in-ear microphones (be sure to listen for the 3-dimensional effect: listen in headphones and you will walk with her) to a Toronto branch of the largest worldwide financier of weapons used by Israel. 
      

MONOLOGUE #19 | If the Sea Could Talk

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        &lt;p&gt;“Before, you could count how many buildings they destroyed. Now, you count how many buildings they &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;didn’t&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; destroy” — Tarneem Jaber&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tarneem Jaber (19 yrs old)  was starting her first week of med school on October 7th. Her brother Ahmad  (21 yrs old) was in his third year of dental school with only two remaining. Hamza, the oldest (24 yrs old), was supposed to graduate this June: He was a volunteer at Al-Shifa until it was obliterated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The three siblings survived the destruction of their home, food shortages, a long journey to the border, and finding an apartment to rent in Cairo, Egypt. Only a few weeks later they were doing an interview on zoom with a Canadian for a feminist podcast they’d never heard of, telling the story of what they lived and what goes on for the loved ones they left behind.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each of the Jaber siblings chooses a monologue to read: Hamza reads #30: Yasmeen Abu Amer. Ahmad reads #8: Ehab Elayan. Tarneem reads #13: Reema El Sadi. "We relate to every single word in this monologue," Tarneem says.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"But this war, is worse than anything we lived before."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://gofund.me/854be259"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Support them to complete their mother's parting wish: to finish their education. Thrust into complete independence and faced with international student fees and paying over again for years they already completed, these three brilliant students need your help to fix problems they never should have had to face. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please follow our link: https://gofund.me/854be259&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Three siblings cross the Rafah border from the North of Gaza and end up performing the Gaza Monologues over the phone to a Canadian woman for a podcast they’ve never heard of. They want the world to know that this war is worse than any war they lived before. 


        “Before, you could count how many buildings they destroyed. Now, you count how many buildings they didn’t destroy” — Tarneem JaberTarneem Jaber (19 yrs old)  was starting her first week of med school on October 7th. Her brother Ahmad  (21 yrs old) was in his third year of dental school with only two remaining. Hamza, the oldest (24 yrs old), was supposed to graduate this June: He was a volunteer at Al-Shifa until it was obliterated.The three siblings survived the destruction of their home, food shortages, a long journey to the border, and finding an apartment to rent in Cairo, Egypt. Only a few weeks later they were doing an interview on zoom with a Canadian for a feminist podcast they’d never heard of, telling the story of what they lived and what goes on for the loved ones they left behind.Each of the Jaber siblings chooses a monologue to read: Hamza reads #30: Yasmeen Abu Amer. Ahmad reads #8: Ehab Elayan. Tarneem reads #13: Reema El Sadi. "We relate to every single word in this monologue," Tarneem says."But this war, is worse than anything we lived before."<a href="https://gofund.me/854be259">Support them to complete their mother's parting wish: to finish their education. Thrust into complete independence and faced with international student fees and paying over again for years they already completed, these three brilliant students need your help to fix problems they never should have had to face. </a>Please follow our link: https://gofund.me/854be259
      

IN THIS MONOLOGUE | A Point in the Sea + Gaza’s Dreams 

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        &lt;p&gt;Comedian Alaa Shahada talks about artist life in Jenin, West Bank. We hear a radiomagic excerpt of his one-man show "The Horse of Jenin". He talks about his dreams for the future of Palestine and performs Gaza Monologue #22 Mahmud Abu Shaa’ban. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alaa is a graduate of the Nobel prize nominated Freedom Theatre acting and the co-founder of the &lt;a href="https://www.palestinecomedyclub.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Palestine Comedy Club.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://gofund.me/854be259"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EASE ANY GUILT YOU FEEL ABOUT WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS GO BY SUPPORTING SOME BRILLIANT KIDS TO FINISH THEIR EDUCATION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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        Comedian Alaa Shahada talks about artist life in Jenin, West Bank. We hear a radiomagic excerpt of his one-man show "The Horse of Jenin". He talks about his dreams for the future of Palestine and performs Gaza Monologue #22 Mahmud Abu Shaa’ban. Alaa is a graduate of the Nobel prize nominated Freedom Theatre acting and the co-founder of the <a href="https://www.palestinecomedyclub.com/">Palestine Comedy Club.</a><a href="https://gofund.me/854be259">EASE ANY GUILT YOU FEEL ABOUT WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS GO BY SUPPORTING SOME BRILLIANT KIDS TO FINISH THEIR EDUCATION</a>.
      

MONOLOGUE#22 | A Cup of Tea +  The Horse of Jenin

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        &lt;p&gt;Ali Dajani grew up in Jordan and studied in Canada, where he met KP, the friend that sits down with him in his Amsterdam home to read Gaza Monologue #1: the story of Ahmad El Ruzzi. Ali's paternal grandfather left Jerusalem in 1948. "What happened in 1948?" our radio friend asks. They both laugh. She apologizes for her ignorance. He begins to explain. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Discussions of whether the cute-ass canals and oh-my-god-there’s-a-boat’s will become his permanent home frame the recording of the first monologue in Ashtar Theatre’s play: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ahmad El Ruzzi from Al Wehda street, who was 17 years old when he wrote the story of his experience of power outages, trust issues and karma.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://gofund.me/8e6e3d95"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLEASE DONATE TO OUR FRIENDS FROM GAZA WHO LOST EVERYTHING AND I MEAN &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;EVERYTHING&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; If you can afford it: consider donating a thousand dollars and giving up 2 - 5 fancy dinners or 10 take-out meals for you and your boo — if 150 people donate 1k each, these young people don’t have to wait and watch donations trickle in over the course of the next few months. Afford them the security of knowing they have some power over their future. &lt;/p&gt;
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Ali Dajani sits down with his radio friend in his Amsterdam home to read Gaza Monologue #1: the story of Ahmad El Ruzzi.


        Ali Dajani grew up in Jordan and studied in Canada, where he met KP, the friend that sits down with him in his Amsterdam home to read Gaza Monologue #1: the story of Ahmad El Ruzzi. Ali's paternal grandfather left Jerusalem in 1948. "What happened in 1948?" our radio friend asks. They both laugh. She apologizes for her ignorance. He begins to explain. Discussions of whether the cute-ass canals and oh-my-god-there’s-a-boat’s will become his permanent home frame the recording of the first monologue in Ashtar Theatre’s play: Ahmad El Ruzzi from Al Wehda street, who was 17 years old when he wrote the story of his experience of power outages, trust issues and karma.<a href="https://gofund.me/8e6e3d95">PLEASE DONATE TO OUR FRIENDS FROM GAZA WHO LOST EVERYTHING AND I MEAN EVERYTHING.</a> If you can afford it: consider donating a thousand dollars and giving up 2 - 5 fancy dinners or 10 take-out meals for you and your boo — if 150 people donate 1k each, these young people don’t have to wait and watch donations trickle in over the course of the next few months. Afford them the security of knowing they have some power over their future. 
      

MONOLOGUE#1 | Electricity Complexes + Keys Around Their Necks


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