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A black-and-white poster published to promote El-Hakawati Theatre Company's production "Riḥlat al-Baḥth ʿan ʿUmar al-Khayyām" [In Search of Omar al-Khayyam] in France. The play resurrects historical figures from the Arab collective memory and places them in a conversation that sheds light on contemporary political reality. Directed by François abu Sālem, the cast of the play includes ʿĀmer Khalīl, Nabīl al-Ḥajjār, Yaʿqūb abu ʿArafa, Ṭāher Maḥāmīd, Akram Tillāwy, and Bushra Qarmān with the help of French actors.
Source: The Palestinian Museum
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1990
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Special Collection
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Arabic
Italian
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