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Marah Haj Hussein & Nur Garabli
Marah Haj Hussein en Nur Garabli, two Palestinian artists and dancers, move through the intimate lineage of grandmother–mother–daughter to reclaim the female body as a site of resilience under occupation. They explore how ancestral knowledge, inherited gestures and political realities get re-embodied and redefined through their meeting.
Their starting point is their encounter, a dialogue about the archives inscribed in their bodies. Bodies that have absorbed Western — so called universal — vocabularies while inheriting gestures from silenced histories passed down through generations of women.
Can we force the body not to remember? What do we choose to unlearn?
Marah Haj Hussein is a dancer, actress, and maker from occupied Palestine, currently living in Antwerp. In her work, she explores power structures embedded in language, often bringing together theatre and dance in physical, political, and poetic encounters on stage. In ’25 she won the Actors’ Award for Best Acting Performance in the -35 category.
Choreographer and artivist Nur Garabli is known for her work with contemporary Palestinian dabke.
Concept and performance Marah Haj Hussein & Nur Garabli Dramaturgy Krystel Khoury Light design Pol Seif Music composition Verena Rizzo Production Monty coproduction Kunstencentrum BUDA | Saraya Theater | Theater Rotterdam | Points communs, Nouvelle scène nationale Cergy-Pontoise / Val-d’Oise | Fondation Royaumont | EPPGHV La Villette | Centre national de la danse (CND) | De Singel | La Briqueterie CDCN | Les Halles de Schaerbeek With the support of the Flemish Government