What it means to live as an Arab in Germany today (Jara Nassar | Mondoweiss, 2026-01-19)

What it means to live as an Arab in Germany today (Jara Nassar | Mondoweiss, 2026-01-19)

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/01/what-it-means-to-live-as-an-arab-in-germany-today/-----

The art scene, where dissent should find its most protected stage, has long since run out of Arabs to cancel. Museum directors talk about artistic freedom while their staff censors the word genocide.

I am a playwright, poet, and writer. The theater is my home, but in Germany it’s no longer my sanctuary.

My debut play, Baba Dein Herz (Baba Your Heart), is a deeply political yet personal tri-lingual play about the realities of women in the West Bank, ... In September 2023, multiple German theaters expressed their interest and even offered funding opportunities. After October 7, all of these offers vanished, replaced by rejection and silence. We ended up showing the play on a small stage in Austria, because there was not a single theater in #Germany that would show it...

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