New York Times published an article entitled "A Show About Iraqi Refugees, to an Audience That Can Relate" in today's paper.
The article covers a rehearsal of the upcoming production "No Place Called Home" and the Iraqi Refugees who attended the rehearsal.
The article and more importantly the production really draws attention to the millions of Iraqi refugees that the main stream media has almost completely ignored, and dare I say even the Daily Kos community has not really covered.
Similar to how the Iraqi Refugees don't really have a home, the production is presenting its 4-week run at four different theaters:
The Wild Project, New York City, Oct. 6th - 10th
3-Legged Dog, New York City, Oct. 13th-17th
Monroe TheatreSpace, Hoboken, Oct. 20th-24th
the cell, New York City, Oct. 27th-31st
The show is presented by Intersections International with Parlagreco Productions in collaboration with Aaron Louis and 3-Legged Dog, the cell, Mile Square and Wild Project.
The show's description:
The playwright Kim Schultz traveled to the Middle East to interview Iraqi refugees and hear their stories. Falling in love with one of them was never part of her plan, but Omar changed all that.
No Place Called Home is that unexpected true story of an American woman and an Iraqi man, a story about one refugee out of 4 million, a story that isn't supposed to be a love story.
"As a refugee myself, I gave up to the fact that no one can hold the complexity of this crisis, it's so complicated and different. Yet I was wrong. I was captured from the first word until the end!"
--Ibrahim, resettled Iraqi refugee after seeing the play.
Thank you New York Times for covering this topic!
There's more information on the website at www.noplacecalledhome.com