Description
Book SynopsisThe Arab-Israeli Cookbook is a drama created from the everyday realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The project began when the Caird Company sent the writer Robin Soans and directors Rima Brihi and Tim Roseman to Israel, Gaza and the West Bank in 2003. There they sampled a variety of dishes in homes, restaurants, shops and cafes and met dozens of people with different cultures, backgrounds and beliefs. Each person had a story to tell and a recipe to cook. Robin Soans has constructed a verbatim play from the words he collected. Arab and Israeli voices come together to bring insight and understanding to the melting pot of Middle Eastern affairs.
There is a cookery book that accompanies the play with photographs of the people he met and their recipes.
Trade Review'a strikingly unusual angle on ordinary people doomed to live in extraordinary times. THE TIMES 'Plenty of food for thought in this powerful, bracing piece of documentary theatre.' THE SUNDAY EXPRESS 'A novel illumination of life in today's Holy Land.' THE FINANCIAL TIMES 'Warm humanity, intelligence and hope...an eye-opening and valuable work.' THE INDEPENDENT
