Joseph Samwel Kaya and Umoja Arts Project

(TANZANIA) JOSEPH is originally from Arusha, a city in the northern Tanzania and the capital of the Arusha Region. It is a multicultural city with a majority of population descending from indigenous African, Arab-Tanzanian and Indian-Tanzanian. Over the past years, population in Arusha city has increased due to rural-urban migrations and it currently has one of the highest population densities among the urban centers in … Continue reading Joseph Samwel Kaya and Umoja Arts Project

Heba Daoud, Ashtar Theatre and the Gaza Monologues

(PALESTINE – GAZA) HEBA lives in Gaza. The Gaza Strip is a small self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, that together with the West Bank, comprise the Palestinian territories, claimed by Palestinians as the State of Palestine. Gaza and the West Bank are separated from each other by Israeli territory. In the early 1990’s Israel imposed movement restrictions to Gaza citizens, … Continue reading Heba Daoud, Ashtar Theatre and the Gaza Monologues