About

Language: no broblem by Marah Haj Hussein is a theatrical journey into multilingualism – and how language shapes our understanding of borders, displacement and identity.

We follow a story of a train journey in Belgium, where our guide’s personal narrative is weaved with those of her family members living under occupation. Their voices speak of how they relate to Palestinian Arabic, their spoken mother tongue, and Hebrew, the official language where they live. How do they interlace in one’s mind in an oppressive environment? And what happens when the settler’s language prevails over the native?

With humour, anger, love and absurdity, Language: no broblem exists to keep thinking about processes of resistance while embracing the limits of translation.

About the artist

Marah Haj Hussein is an Antwerp-based dancer, actress and maker from Kofor Yassif in occupied Palestine who has has won the Roel Verniers Prize 2023 for this piece. At this moment she works with companies such as Action Zoo Humain and Lageste .

• Funded by: Het TheaterFestival & Fonds voor Nieuwe Makers from City of Antwerpen.
• Thanks to: Kaaitheater, Toneelhuis, Kunstcentrum BUDA, A Two Dogs Company, DeSingel, hetpaleis, Thomas Bellinck.
• With the generous support of the Delegation of Flanders to the UK

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