Written and directed by Ahmed Masoud, performed by Ameena Adileh

What’s the best business you can establish in Gaza?

Hajja Souad has survived decades of conflict, oppression and displacement by making and selling shrouds for burying the dead. It’s the one item that is always in demand. As her past returns to haunt her she is forced to make a big decision. But first she tells us a harrowing story of courage, love and escape that takes us on the journey of her life from Aqqur through Jerusalem and Hebron to her workshop in Gaza. Along the way we learn much about the history of Palestine-Israel.

In this compelling and moving black comedy, inspired by a real-life character in Gaza, Palestinian writer Ahmed Masoud weaves comic fantasy and satire with true stories to create a vivid portrait of Palestinian life in Gaza – before the most recent heartbreaking events there.

‘With humour almost unbearably close to the bone’ ★★★★ Fest Magazine

‘Really powerful… wonderfully written… shedding a necessary light on the turmoil every Palestinian has lived with long before last October’ ★★★★ British Theatre Guide

★★★★★ Morning Star
★★★★ Playbill
★★★★ one4review.co.uk
★★★★ The Student

Part of PalArt Festival 2026, PalArt Collective’s multidisciplinary celebration of Palestinian arts and culture.

A Q&A will take place after the 5:10pm performance on Saturday 26th September.