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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Behind Barbed Wire, Shakespeare Inspires a Cast of Young Syrians

NYTimes.com: On a rocky patch of earth in this sprawling city of tents and prefab trailers, the king, dressed in dirty jeans and a homemade cape, raised his wooden scepter and announced his intention to divide his kingdom. His elder daughters, wearing paper crowns and plastic jewelry, showered him with false praise, while the youngest spoke truthfully and lost her inheritance.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I am so appreciative of seeing an article like this. I genuinely do value reading a lot of these articles because I tend to be able to find ones about things that I am interested in. The great thing about this article is that it included information on international news, truly news from the real world, that I am never anywhere close to as informed on as I should be or would like to be. I think that its important for us to learn about these Syrian refugees in in the Zaatari camp. It is tragic to read about this, but also very uplifting to read about the way in which these people's lives were improved by theatre. Being surrounded by it so much, I think we may take for granted how strong of an impact theatre can have on someone's life, its great to read about such a powerful example of this.