Writer/star Jennifer Jajeh and award-winning director W. Kamau Bell Bring challenging, humorous look at life as a Palestinian-American to the 2011 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
April 25, 2011
April 25, 2011 (Los Angeles, CA) -
Warning: Jennifer was born in San Francisco. Her parents are from Ramallah. She will not have her birth certificate with her. Nor will she defend being a single woman in San Francisco with a cat, or an American wanting sushi while she watches Sex and the City in Ramallah. What she will have is a new perspective on why she’s OK with you not being OK with it.
Considering the current ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, the threat of global terrorism, and the never-ending negotiations and hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed by all of the bad international news. That’s exactly how Jennifer feels. And to make matters worse, Jennifer is Palestinian. Well, Palestinian American. Or more precisely: a single, Catholic, first generation, Palestinian-American woman who chooses to return to her parents’ hometown of Ramallah at the start of the Second Intifada.
