I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother

I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother at Young Vic

Why see I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother?

Direct from a tour of Palestinian villages in Israel and the West Bank, a powerful story of life in 1948 at the moment of ‘the catastrophe’.

From the frontline, a poetic exploration of loyalty and love by the director of Alive from Palestine ‘an astonishing testament to the power of theatre.’ The Guardian

1948. The British Mandate is ending. The United Nations votes on who will control what part of Palestine ...

Ali is in love with Nada but her father won’t let them marry because his brother Yusuf is ‘odd’.

War begins. The villagers become refugees. The secret that kept Ali and Nada apart is revealed.

Key Information

Run Time

90 minutes with no intermission.

Dates

Finished 6 Feb 2010

Cast

Paul Fox
Amer Hlehel
Taher Najib
Salwa Nakkara
Tarez Sliman
Ali Suliman
Samaa Wakeem
Yussef Abu Warda

Creative

Direction: Amir Nizar Zuabi
Design: Jon Bausor
Light: Colin Grenfell
Music: Habib Shehadeh Hanna

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