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Walk with Little Amal, a theatrical journey celebrating the refugee experience

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Amir Nizar Zuabi |

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• August 2021

In a staggering display of creativity and community, theater director Amir Nizar Zuabi introduces "The Walk": a theatrical journey following a nine-year-old refugee girl named Amal (represented by a giant, lifelike puppet) as she makes her way from Turkey to England. Zuabi shares the bold vision behind this cultural odyssey aimed at spreading hope and celebrating the refugee experience -- and joins us live from Turkey as Amal passes through a village.

In a staggering display of creativity and community, theater director Amir Nizar Zuabi introduces "The Walk": a theatrical journey following a nine-year-old refugee girl named Amal (represented by a giant, lifelike puppet) as she makes her way from Turkey to England. Zuabi shares the bold vision behind this cultural odyssey aimed at spreading hope and celebrating the refugee experience -- and joins us live from Turkey as Amal passes through a village.

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Follow Amal's journey to a new home.

Get involved with The Walk by making a donation, creating an Act of Welcome or attending an event.

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About the speaker

Amir Nizar Zuabi

Amir Nizar Zuabi

Theater writer, director

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Amir Nizar Zuabi is an award-winning theater writer and director, most recently of "The Walk," a traveling festival of art focusing attention on the urgent needs of young refugees.

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This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Follow Amal's journey to a new home.

Get involved with The Walk by making a donation, creating an Act of Welcome or attending an event.

Follow Good Chance Theatre to keep up with our work connecting communities through art.