When he was 14, he stumbled upon a school courtyard where a rehearsal by El-Hakawati Theatre (today the Palestinian National Theatre) was taking place.
"And obviously, their safe haven became a tragedy for the other side of my family. Born in East Jerusalem, he came from a mixed family - his father is a Muslim-Palestinian and his mother's family is Jewish-European they fled Europe during WWII. Zuabi intimately understands the refugee experience. Suddenly, she's a living creature with thoughts, with complexities, with wants, with fears." She's no longer a very sophisticated armchair or piece of furniture. And a second after they took that breath - she's alive. And there's always a moment where she takes a breath, or our puppeteers together take a breath. "And that never ceases to amaze me because in the assembly, there is a moment where she stands up and we check that everything's in place. "At the end of the day, it's an inanimate object which is furniture," Zuabi says. Making AmalĪt various points during the journey, a team of theater practitioners walked with Amal in a coordinated effort to bring her to life - with a stilt-walker controlling Amal's head and eye movements, two arm puppeteers navigating her hand gestures, and several other puppeteers directing her from the outside.
Today, they reached Manchester, England, completing a 5,000-mile journey through more than 65 cities, towns and villages. It's the latest project by London-based theater company Good Chance, in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company.Īmir Nizar Zuabi, the artistic director of the project, calls it a "pilgrimage slash theater show."įor the past three months, Amal and the crew have travelled from the Syrian-Turkish border to the UK in an effort to bring hope to the plight of refugees. She's the centerpiece of The Walk, a traveling arts festival. "Little Amal," a 9-year-old Syrian refugee girl, has big, expressive eyes and loves jumping in puddles as she travels on foot to the UK in search of a new home.īut Amal isn't just any girl - she's a giant puppet more than 11 ft. Little Amal delights crowds of onlookers in Coventry, UK, on Oct.
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