Jewish‐Arab Encounters in the Drama/Theatre Class Battlefield

Abstract

Abstract This paper is based on a study using dramatic representation as a meeting ground for oppositional forces in society. The study seeks ways to increase awareness about the role that the drama/theatre class plays in the context of students' everyday lives, using Jewish‐Arab encounters as an authentic mode for deliberate reflections on the peace process in the Middle East in the shadow of war and hostility. The study investigated three projects and their contexts, aiming to report events as they happened, to document experiences of drama, and to draw conclusions, derive models from the projects, and formulate hypotheses still to be tested. Consistent examination of what is taught and how, is a necessary step which has to be taken with consideration of what is essential for culturally sensitive theatre/drama education.