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Theatre as an act of resistance

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Updated: 01/11/2016 - 11:10 GMT+1

‘While I was waiting’ by acclaimed Syrian playwright Mohammad Al Attar and director Omar Abusaada tells the story of a young man who ends up in a coma in hospital after being beaten up at a checkpoint

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