What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to explore how documentary theatre serves as a medium for documenting Palestinian narratives under occupation.

April 24, 2026

ASHTAR Theatre’s The Gaza Monologues: Documentary Theatre as Counter-Archive of Palestinian Life Under Occupation and Genocide

Key Points

The aim is to explore how documentary theatre serves as a medium for documenting Palestinian narratives under occupation.
Analysis of The Gaza Monologues project
Examination of personal testimonies from young writers
Discussion of the role of theatre in representing marginalized voices
The Gaza Monologues highlights personal accounts during media silence
It acts as a counter-archive for Palestinian lives and experiences
Theatre is positioned as a tool for truth and global solidarity.

Abstract

In highlighting ASHTAR theatre’s The Gaza Monologues project, this article examines the role played by documentary theatre to witness, remember and make visible Palestinian voices. Through personal testimonies by young writers Mahmoud Balaoui, Amjad Abu Yasin, and Heba Daoud, the monologues bear witness in a time of media silence. As international legal frameworks refuse to recognise Palestinian lives, we argue that The Gaza Monologues serve as a counter-archive documenting the testimonies of a population living under occupation, siege and genocide. Performed worldwide since 2010, The Gaza Monologues transforms theatre into a vehicle for truth-telling, global solidarity and visible accountability in the face of ongoing erasure.

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Ali et al. (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69eb099a553a5433e34b402a https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.26395/ce.2025.1.23

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