Israel has released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages held in Gaza, part of a ceasefire ...

Over the years he became iconic for his work not just as a resistance fighter but through his involvement in Jenin's Freedom Theatre, a world-famous cultural centre in the city's refugee camp.

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages held ...

He and the five other escapees were recaptured later. In 2006, Zubeidi established The Freedom Theatre in the Jenin refugee camp – his home in the north of the occupied West Bank – to promote ...

They were recaptured days later. In 2006, Zubeidi co-founded the world-famous Freedom Theatre in the Jenin refugee camp, where Zubeidi was born. Meanwhile, the U.N. is calling for 2,500 ...

In a 2002 raid, the Israeli army destroyed the community playhouse, which was later rebuilt and renamed the Freedom Theatre. After the 2007 amnesty, Zubeidi returned to Jenin and was involved again ...

The Chargé d’Affaires of the Palestine embassy spoke about reputed international cultural institutions being afraid of platforming Palestinian voices.

Even today, the Freedom Theater in Jenin refugee camp puts on everything from Shakespeare to stand-up comedy to plays written by residents. In 2019, after Zubeidi had already served years in ...

He helped direct the Freedom Theater, a community cultural center in the hardscrabble Jenin refugee camp, which was founded by Palestinians displaced by the 1948 wars surrounding Israel’s ...

After the second intifada in 2006, he co-founded a theater in Jenin to promote what he described as cultural resistance to Israel. The Freedom Theater has put on everything from Shakespeare to ...