Abdelfattah Abusrour

Bethlehem University · Faculty of Education

In March 1998, with a group of friends, I founded Alrowwad Cultural and Theatre Training Society (ACTS) in my two-room family house in Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. The Aida camp was established in 1950 to house refugees from over 40 villages uprooted from their homes from 1947 onwards, one of 59 camps in total in an area rented by the United Nat...

This is the story of Alrowwad Cultural and Theatre Training Center, located in the Aida Camp of Bethlehem, Palestine. Because it was formed in response to a particular context and unique set of circumstances, the story of Alrowwad begins before the emergence of the center itself.