Peace and Coexistence News: Israeli Comedian Does Comedy Shows in Arabic to Reach Out to the Other Side
By Nate Feldman
Noam Shuster Eliassi is not an ordinary Israeli in many ways. She grew up in the mixed Arab-Jewish village of Neve Shalom/Wahat Al Salam and learned to speak Arabic fluently. Now, as an adult, she is using this knowledge to put on comedy shows in Arabic for Palestinian audiences.
Recently, she did a performance at the 1001 laughs festival in Jerusalem. According to the Jerusalem Post, an English language newspaper from Israel, this event was put on by Amer Zahr, an American-Palestinian comedian (See: In fluent Arabic, Comedian Noam Eliassi turns pain into healing by HaCohen).
In addition to her life as a comedian, the same article mentioned that she is working with a project initiated by the United Nations to make different populations a bigger part of Israeli society.
It is important to recognize the work of people like Noam Shuster Eliassi, who are working hard to bring people of different cultures, especially those at conflict with one another, together. It is a reminder that even in those most difficult of situations, there are people who are trying to make things better for everyone.
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