Franco-Palestinian theatre director Abu Salem dies

Born in 1951 to a Palestinian father and French mother, Abu Salem was co-founder of the El-Hakawati Theatre Company, the origins of the Palestinian National Theatre, in East Jerusalem.
He was best known as a theatre director and also adapted plays by international writers, including Dario Fo and Bertolt Brecht for a Palestinian audience.
Abu Salem, who also directed movies, received the Palestine Prize for theatre from then-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 1998.
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