The Jordan Times carried an interesting review of a new play set to open in the ancient city of Jerash, Jordan. The play, produced by troupes from Jordan, Tunisia and the Palestinian Authority, is called ?Of Soil and Crimson? and is based on Canaanite mythology. The objective of the play, according to the newspaper, is to link ?a grand and sophisticated? Canaanite past with an Arab, Palestinian present, in the Land of Israel.
According to the Times report, the play?s theme is that ?Palestine with its capital of Jerusalem, or the Canaanite Ur Salem, is for the Arabs, and that it has been since the time of the Canaanites and it will always be.? The play?s director, Sawsan Darwazeh, said that it ?attempts to defy fabrications by providing existing facts.?
According to the Times report, the play?s theme is that ?Palestine with its capital of Jerusalem, or the Canaanite Ur Salem, is for the Arabs, and that it has been since the time of the Canaanites and it will always be.? The play?s director, Sawsan Darwazeh, said that it ?attempts to defy fabrications by providing existing facts.?