Refugees Expressing
Posted May 9th, 2006 by Cara
After the Bussy play was another amazing play put on by St. Andrews Church that serves mainly Sudanese refugees in Cairo. It was not as well done as the Bussy play, but it was so wonderful to members of the refugee population in Cairo expressing themselves. The play portrayed the events of the sit-in that ended violently in December. It showed the Egpytian government as blind to the problem the Sudanese face, and depicted the brutality of the sit-in. It had us in tears at points. Like I said, not quite as well done as the Bussy play, but very moving and very expressive (very political as well, I’m wondering what the ramifications of these expressions will bring…if any…). By the way, I’m going to make a separate post of this, but I was wrong on the number of refugees that were involved in the peaceful sit-in in front ot he UNHCR buildings here in Cairo. It was not 300 Sudanese refugees, but 3000. THREE THOUSAND. And 27 of them are dead due to police brutality. This play spoke out against this event.
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