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Juliano Mer-Khamis (Hebrew: ג'וליאנו מֵר ח'מיס; Arabic: جوليانو مير خميس; born Juliano Khamis; 29 May 1958 – 4 April 2011) was an Israeli Jewish/Palestinian Arab actor, director, filmmaker, and political activist of Jewish and native Palestinian Eastern Orthodox Christian parentage. On 4 April 2011, he was assassinated by a masked gunman in the Palestinian city of Jenin, where he established The Freedom Theatre.
Juliano Khamis (later Mer-Khamis) was born in Nazareth, the son of Arna Mer-Khamis, a former Palmach combatant who had turned communist on experiencing disenchantment with Zionism after participating in operations to drive the Bedouin out of parts of the Negev, and Saliba Khamis, an Israeli Arab of Eastern Orthodox Palestinian Christian descent who was an intellectual as well as one of the leaders of the Israeli Communist Party in the 1950s. He was called Sputnik Khamas at birth. He had two brothers, Spartacus and Abir. His maternal grandfather was Gideon Mer, a scientist who pioneered the study of malaria during the British Mandate. His father abandoned their household when he was 10 years old. He attended school in Haifa. His cousin is Palestinian hip-hop singer Shadia Mansour.
Juliano Mer-Khamis Murdered in Jenin "On the 4th of April 2011, at 16.00 outside the entrance to The Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp, a traitor's hand shot and killed the Palestinian thinker Juliano Mer-Khamis whilst he was driving home with his baby son and babysitter. Juliano was shot in his head and died in a few instants, the remains of the bullet lodged in the babysitters arm. Juliano Mer-Khamis, actor, director, filmmaker and cultural activist, son of Arna Mer and Saliba Khamis, was one of the founders of The Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp in 2006. All his life Juliano longed to fight against occupation using the arts as a model of social change. The people in the camp condemn what happened and have called it "a coward's act"." Links: http://thefreedomtheatre.org/news...
Leading Palestinian Peace Activist & Theater Director, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Killed in Jenin. http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/5/leading_palestinian_peace_activist_theater_director JULIANO MER-KHAMIS: My name is Juliano, and I'm the director of the Freedom Theatre in Jenin refugee camp. The Freedom Theatre is a venue to join the Palestinian people in their struggle for liberation. We believe that the Third Intifada, the coming intifada, should be cultural, with poetry, music, theater, cameras and magazines. This place never had a theater. This place never was exposed to these arts. So, actually, we are building everything from scratch. We are building capacity, building of actors. We are building capacity, people of audience. You know, sometimes it's easier to create actors than audience. ...
"تيارات مميتة" مقطع ظهر فيه جوليانو وهو يقدّم عرضًا إنشائيًا في أحد شوارع تل أبيب، متحديًا الجمهور الإسرائيلي ومثيرًا غضبه بمقولاته حول الحرية وضد الاحتلال والفاشية، وبحركية العرض التي عبّرت عن الألم والقسوة، وبحواره السّاخر والصريح مع المارّة الذي وصل حدّ الاعتداء عليه، وشمل المقطع حوارًا مع جوليانو تحدّث فيه عن فكره السياسي الرافض للتعصّب والرضوخ للفاشية.
DemocracyNow.org - Palestinians, artists and peace activists worldwide are mourning the loss of a leading figure in Palestinian creative non-violence resistance. Juliano Mer Khamis, the founder of a theater for Palestinian children, was killed Monday by masked assailants in the West Bank town of Jenin. He had received a number of death threats from extremist Palestinians for his work with the Jenin Freedom Theatre. The theatre has helped Palestinian youths deal with the hardships of life under Israeli occupation by expressing themselves through the arts—film, photography, art and theater. Democracy Now! interviews Nabeel Raee, director of the acting school at the Jenin Freedom Theatre, where he worked closely with Mer-Khamis for many years, and by Constancia "Dinky" Romilly, founder and p...
Interview with Juliano Mer-Khamis, December 2010
Arab Israeli Actor Juliano Mer-Khamis murdered by Arab terrorists, predicted his own death by Palestinians in this video from 2008. He worked at his theater in the Palestinian Arab town of Jenin.
Juliano Mer Khamis, one of the most inspirational artists, fearless activists, wise actors, and bravest men I have ever had the honor of knowing, speaks about the creation of the Freedom Theater. Rest In Peace, my Friend.
Café Mediterranée 23 September 2010: Chris Keulemans talks with Juliano Mer Khamis (Freedom Theatre in Jenin, Palestine) Art as resistance
On 20 April 2011, a tribute event was held in London in memory of director, actor and filmmaker Juliano Mer Khamis. Juliano was assassinated on 4 April 2011 in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, where he established the Freedom Theatre in 2006. The son of a Arna Mer, a Jewish woman, and Saliba Khamis, a Palestinian man, Juliano described himself as "100 percent Palestinian and 100 percent Jewish." The memorial event was co-organised by JNews, SOAS Palestine Society, the Palestine Film Foundation, and Amnesty International UK. Speakers on the night included friends and colleagues of Juliano; Ala Hlehel, a Palestinian playwright, poet and writer, and the editor-in-chief of Qadita.net Stephan Wolf-Schoenburg, Freedom Theatre, Jenin. Stephan is an actor and teacher at the Freedom ...
A Memorial at Brecht Forum for Juliano Mer-Khamis founder of the Freedom Theater in Jenin for Palestinians who was slain April 4, 2011. From WikiPedia: Juliano Khamis; 29 May 1958 -- 4 April 2011 was an Israeli/Palestinian actor, director, filmmaker, and political activist of Jewish and native Palestinian Greek Orthodox Christian parentage. On 4 April 2011, he was assassinated by a masked gunman in the Palestinian city of Jenin, where he established the Freedom Theatre. Juliano Khamis (later Mer-Khamis) was born in Nazareth, the son of Arna Mer-Khamis, a Jewish communist, and Saliba Khamis, an Israeli Arab of Greek Orthodox Palestinian Christian descent who was an intellectual as well as one of the leaders of the Israeli Communist Party in the 1950s. He had two brothers, Spartacus and A...
Juliano Mer-Khamis was the founder and director of the Jenin Freedom Theater in the West Bank of Palestine. He was assassinated by a masked gunman front of the Theater.on 4 April 2011. Juliano was an Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist of Jewish and Christian Arab parentage.This New York City memorial was held at St. Paul's Church on May 4th, 2011. Juliano spoke of a third, cultural intifada. His work provided encouragement, sense of self, and cultivated the creativity and leadership qualities of the young men and women of Palestine. For this he was murdered.` Participants included Kathleen Chalfant, Father Gil Martinez, Dinky Romilly, Nabeel al-Ra'ee (video), Music by Simon Shaheen, Abdeen Jabara, Judith Butler, Remi Kanazi, Music by Liz Magnes, Najla Said Vid...
Jenin Freedom Theater director Juliano Mer-Khamis interviewed by Detroit Palestinian activist, Hasan Newash on MBN-TV (Mideast Broadcastig Network), April 4, 2005 (29 minutes) Mer-Khamis was assassinated in a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin today, April 4, 2011, the same day as another peace activist, Martin Luther King Jr (43 years ago in 1968). He was a well-known film and theater actor and director. One of his films is ARNA'S CHILDREN a documentary about his mother who started a children's theater in Jenin. He took over the project after his mother died of cancer.
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Documental : Arna's Children Año 2003 Director: Juliano Mer Khamis Arna Mer Khamis, una mujer judía y casada con un palestino, decidió en 1989 poner en marcha un grupo de teatro a través del cual los niños y jóvenes palestinos de Jenín aprendieran a ser ellos mismos y a mostrar sus inquietudes. El proyecto funcionó hasta que los tanques israelíes acabaron con él y gran parte del campo de refugiados. Las historias de Arna, Youssef, Nidal, Ashraf y hasta del propio director del documental, Juliano Mer Khamil, hijo de Arna Mer, se entremezclan y se explican en este film totalmente real. Así, descubrimos a Arna, de origen israelí y activista por los derechos del pueblo palestino. Durante años, esta mujer llevó a cabo en Jenín varios proyectos dirigidos a la infancia, entre los que destacaba u...
On April 4, 2011 Juliano Mer-Khamis, the artistic director of Palestine's Freedom Theatre, was assassinated. Performers from around the world responded in solidarity with the devastated Freedom Theatre to help them carry on Juliano's work. This video captures a benefit performance at Joe's Pub in New York City in 2011 by Aimee Mann, David Byrne, Suzan-Lori Parks and Angelique Kidjo. If you'd like to experience more of Juliano and Palestinian theater please visit the official website for our documentary film "Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine" at http://www.clarityfilms.org/mlk
Day 88 A: Samia & Adnan show you the Jenin refugee camp from above; the spot where Israeli tanks where positioned to shell the camp. See the new houses rebuilt after the Israeli siege & invasion by the Late UAE President Sheikh Zayed. What is Freedom Theatre that Yara keeps asking about? Refugees who want to struggle to liberate Palestine "have dropped the guns, picked up the pen," and acting in plays that tour foreign countries! This project is a continuation of the Stone Theatre launched by Arna in the first intifada. The Theatre is not just a school of acting, but also it teaches photography, creative writing and more. It started in Jenin refugee camp and now Palestinians join from the city, Ramallah and elsewhere. Enter the Theatre that is showing and exhibition of Gaza Graffiti photog...
Keynote lecture by Udi Aloni: "Assassination of an Artist in Jenin Refugee Camp: A Report on Art/Violence." Edward Said Memorial Conference, Utrecht, 17 April 2013. What is this lecture about? "The violence of the oppressed is often justified, but not always necessary. This talk will address whether art can emerge from a space filled with violence, a space that can hardly bear life. Using the philosopher Alain Badiou's distinction between militant art and official art, I will ask the following questions: Can the justification of militant violence create a nonviolent space for militant art? Can militant art contain and transform militant violence without being destroyed by traces of the very violence that it internalizes? In posing these questions, I will report on the two years that I ...
PLEASE CLICK: "Show More" (Below) for additional links and information about Juliano Mer Khamis. Interview with Juliano Mer-Khamis at the Freedom Theater, Jenin Refugee Camp Jenin Palestine 2007. Juliano gets to the heart of his work at the Freedom Theater. Interview, video and posting by Jeff Stewart. Please also see http://youtu.be/OaSvnkRFRic Julianos heart was with the people of Palestine. I spoke with him, I looked into his eyes. He really wanted to ease the hardships of the lives of the Palestinian people. Please see the link below. It is a must see for those who want to understand Palestine. http://youtu.be/SBDR9ooNoyU About Julianos work and his death please see:http://youtu.be/fkuneA6nIGA Goodbye Juliano. Jeff Stewart (Notes) on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 5:54am It is with ...
The first interview with Spartak Khamis talking about the assassination of his brother Juliano Mer-Khamis that was a well-known Israeli stage, television, and film actor, director, filmmaker and political activist. While he was 52-year-old he was shot dead on the 4 of April 2011 by an unknown gunman as he drove through the Jenin refugee camp not far from the Freedom Theatre which he directed and established.
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My last interview with the freedom fighter Juliano Mer and his daughter Melay at Haifa city talking about there parts in the movie "Short Story" 2007 Ronny Dahdal - Channel 10