A Trumpet in the Wadi

Shmuel Hasfari

1988

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This entry includes accounts of racism and xenophobia encountered by Palestinians and Jews in Israel. The text provides insight into history; however, The Posen Library does not condone or promote oppression of any kind.

In this play, adapted by Shmuel Hasfari from a novel by Sami Michael, the Arab woman Houda explains why she has decided to abort the fruit of her love for a Jew who has been killed in the Lebanese war. Such a child has no chance in Israeli society and can only expect the fate of being “an outcast to both Jews and Arabs.”

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Shmuel Hasfari

b. 1954

Shmuel Hasfari is a playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He was born in Ramat Gan to a religious family, but was drawn to secular Judaism as an adolescent. In the early 1980s, Hasfari cofounded the Teatron Pashut (Simple Theater), which performed five plays, among them his Kidush (1990). Hasfari has written and directed more than twenty plays, including for children. He also has been the artistic director of the Akko Festival and the Cameri Theater.

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