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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Wassim Khair is a Palestinian actor and director, born in the village of Peqi’a in the Upper Galilee . He received his theater education at the University of Haifa . Waseem participated in many artistic works as an actor, author, and director. He also participated in the Arab Theater Festival in Rabat in 2015, where he presented a theatrical workshop entitled “Physical Expression as an Eloquent Language for the Actor”.
Wassim Khair also participated in a tour of theatrical artistic performances in Lebanon , accompanied by theatrical actor Osama Atwa, a member of the Dar Qandil Culture Troupe. And the arts . In 2015, both artists presented artistic works and workshops in Beirut and Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, such as Ain al-Hilweh camp, and Sabra and Shatila .. The artist Osama Atwa was arrested immediately after his return to Palestine .
Khair produced a documentary film that talks about their journey to Lebanon and the refugee camps in particular. The film is titled “120 Kilometers.” [4] Waseem Khair also supervised a short film titled “Hope and Return,” which is a product that was worked on by a group of young women and men from the village of Al- Bassa .
The displaced women are part of the “Our Return” project to envision the return to the displaced Palestinian villages. The project is implemented and planned by the Arab Youth Association Baladna in Haifa . The film tells the story of Amal, from the third Palestinian generation after displacement. The film tells the story of her return to her village, Al-Bassa. (2018) [5]
Plays
One of the most important plays that defines Khair’s artistic career is the play In the Shadow of the Martyr, written and directed by François Abu Salem and Paula Funvick, starring Waseem Khair, lighting design: Philippe Andreu, translated by Amer Khalil and Ihab Abu Muammar.
Pomegranate Hill
Diwan illusion of the station
Romeo and Juliet last scene
I am dead by death if I die
Nice light
who is the king
Maggot
Amen bottles
For the musical “Safartas”, scripts by: Haneen Jumaa, Shadi Abu Jabal, Wassim Khair, prepared and directed by: Wassim Khair, composed by: Ruqaya Abed, lighting design: Nizar Khamra. He offered work in several countries, including Tunisia and Australia.
“Professor Youssef”: Written by Wassim Khair, Directed by: Mahmoud Marra, Acting: Nihad Reda, Produced by: The Castle Center for Arts and Theater in Nazareth. Within the Theater Festival in the city of Ghaka. (2018) [8]
The Slaughterhouse was shown for the first time at the Acre Festival. Written and directed by: Wassim Khair, starring Zamzam Ismail, Omaiya Sarhan, Diaa Maghribi, Marwan Murra, and Khaled Meyer. (2019) [9]
“Maryam” 2019
Movies
Milky Way
The insistence
black sky
“120 Kilometers” (documentary film)
Achievements and Awards
Khair won the Best Actor Award at the 2012 Theater Festival for his play “In the Shadow of the Martyr”.
Khair won the Best Direction Award at the Theater Festival 2019 for the play “Maryam”, produced by the Citadel Center for Arts and Theater in Nazareth.
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