Desert Stories
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In every place where there are refugees, the situation is complex and it's easy to feel overwhelmed by both the local and the global. But we also know that the people themselves, the ones who are fleeing and who have fled, are more complex than any "situation." " |
Desert Stories began in 2010 when Madelyn Kent started to teach theater at an NGO in South Tel Aviv to a group of teenagers who had fled from the genocide in Darfur. Friendships developed, and collaborations continued even after Madelyn left Israel, then returned.
In every place where there are refugees, the situation is complex and it's easy to feel overwhelmed by both the local and the global. But we also know that the people themselves, the ones who are fleeing and who have fled, are more complex than any "situation." Madelyn believes that those who connect with the individual, can better connect with the bigger picture -- whether it be “the refugee crisis” or "genocide” or "dictatorship" -- without becoming paralyzed by a sense of generalized hopelessness, or fear.
Desert Stories embraces this complexity and in doing so empowers both the teller and the listener.
Today, the project continues. It has grown to include many volunteers collaborating with the refugee communities in Israel. The storytelling workshops take place where refugees are -- in cities in Israel and at the Holot Detention Center in the Negev Desert.
Desert Stories embraces this complexity and in doing so empowers both the teller and the listener.
Today, the project continues. It has grown to include many volunteers collaborating with the refugee communities in Israel. The storytelling workshops take place where refugees are -- in cities in Israel and at the Holot Detention Center in the Negev Desert.
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