{"id":17161,"date":"2025-09-20T00:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/middleastnow.it\/the-horse-of-jenin-dallattore-e-comico-palestinese-alaa-shehada-per-la-prima-volta-in-italia-12-ottobre\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:47:51","slug":"the-horse-of-jenin-dallattore-e-comico-palestinese-alaa-shehada-per-la-prima-volta-in-italia-12-ottobre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/middleastnow.it\/en\/the-horse-of-jenin-dallattore-e-comico-palestinese-alaa-shehada-per-la-prima-volta-in-italia-12-ottobre\/","title":{"rendered":"THE HORSE OF JENIN by Palestinian actor and comedian Alaa Shehada – October 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the first time in Italy, the solo theatrical performance THE HORSE OF JENIN<\/strong>, written and performed by Palestinian actor and comedian Alaa Shehada, will be presented at the Middle East Now Festival on Sunday, October 12th at 8:00 PM at Cinema La Compagnia<\/strong>, before the closing night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE HORSE OF JENIN tells a universal story of resilience and imagination. A show that combines storytelling, masks, and stand-up comedy to explore the daily life of a child growing up in Jenin, in the Occupied Palestine, who, like every child around the world, simply wants to play and have fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a major invasion in 2002, a German artist traveled to Jenin to create a work of art with the city’s children. Together, they built a five-meter-tall horse from metal and debris left over from the invasion. The horse is an Arab symbol of freedom, so the residents of Jenin placed this statue in the city center, where it remained for 20 years, to represent their hope and resistance. In October 2023, an Israeli army bulldozer entered the square, tore the horse from its perch and carried it away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this solo show, Alaa Shehada wonders what happened to the Jenin horse and, with a powerful mix of imagination and comedy, builds a new horse from fragments of his memories and hopes for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happened to the horse? Was he arrested? Was he interrogated? And did he reveal Alaa’s secrets? An extraordinary story of the resilience that imagination brings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, October 12, 8:00 PM
Cinema Teatro La Compagnia (Via Cavour 50r)
Show in English with Italian subtitles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ticket: \u20ac10
At the Cinema La Compagnia box office or online for advance tickets
(includes The Horse of Jenin + admission to the festival’s Closing Night at 9:00 PM).
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