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A play staged at El-Hakawati Theatre in East Jerusalem on July 12, 2026, brings the history of Jaffa's Manshiyya neighborhood to the stage.
The production looks back on the Palestinian residents who lived in Manshiyya and later faced forced displacement and exile from their lands.
Manshiyya is a neighborhood in Jaffa, and the play sets out its history through the lives and experiences of its Palestinian residents.
The production follows what happened after Israel was established in 1948, when Palestinian residents were forced out of their lands.
Their forced displacement and exile remain at the center of the play, linking Manshiyya's history with the experiences of its former residents.
The staging at El-Hakawati Theatre brings together the history of Manshiyya and the experiences of the Palestinians who were displaced.
The performance keeps its focus on the Jaffa neighborhood and on the Palestinian residents who were forced from their lands.
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