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Palestinian writer-actor Amer Hlehel chooses hope in his play Taha

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Palestinian playwright and actor Amer Hlehel returns to Singapore with Taha, a one-man show about the late Palestinian poet Taha Muhammad Ali.

Palestinian playwright and actor Amer Hlehel returns to Singapore with Taha, a one-man show about the late Palestinian poet Taha Muhammad Ali.

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SINGAPORE – “No life will be saved from a piece of theatre,” says Palestinian playwright and actor Amer Hlehel over e-mail, “but I am sure that some souls are being saved from it.”

The 44-year-old artist is based in the Israeli city of Haifa. He will be in town for the Singapore Theatre Company’s (STC) restaging of his monologue Taha from April 2 to 14.

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