British Palestine Project: Remembering Awdah Hathaleen: a new play, film and report
Posted: 2nd August 2026
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One year ago, on 28 July 2025, Palestinian teacher, journalist and non-violent activist Awdah Hathaleen was shot and killed by Israeli settler Yinon Levi in the village of Umm Al-Khair, Masafer Yatta.
As we remember Awdah and continue to demand justice, we would like to share a new play inspired partly by the experiences of people who witnessed the events surrounding his killing.
Hathaleen: The Unexpected Journey to Palestine
Premiering at this year’s Camden Fringe Festival, Hathaleen: The Unexpected Journey to Palestine is a satirical black comedy about a British Zionist who unexpectedly travels to Palestine to prove to his ex-girlfriend that he is not a Zionist – the reason for their breakup.
Written and directed by Louis Linsey and developed through the Bread and Roses Writers’ Programme, the play draws upon Louis’s experiences in Palestine during the summer of 2025. Through satire and drama, it confronts the escalating violence inflicted by Israeli settlers upon Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank.
The production also seeks to challenge the underrepresentation of Muslim actors in British theatre and the ways in which Islam is portrayed on stage.
Performances will take place during August as part of the Camden Fringe Festival.
View dates and book tickets
Watch the play’s promotional video
Louis is also raising money through the Center for Jewish Nonviolence to support the community of Umm Al-Khair in Awdah’s memory. A collection will be held after each performance, and all contributions will be warmly welcomed.
The killing of Awdah: beyond an isolated crime
Al-Haq’s important film, The Killing of Awdah Hathaleen: Beyond a Settler Crime, examines Awdah’s killing within the wider system of settler violence, forced displacement and impunity confronting Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank.
Watch Al-Haq’s film
Our Chief Executive, Dr Brian Brivati, has also written a new report, A Year After Awdah Hathaleen’s Murder: A System of Violence Hiding in Plain Sight. The report considers what has happened during the year since Awdah’s death—and why his killing must be understood not as an isolated act, but as part of a system of violence threatening Palestinian life and land.
Read Brian Brivati’s report
New Podcast: No Way But Forward
Recordings are now available of today’s conversation with Professor Brian K. Barber, author of No Way But Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip.
Professor Brian K. Barber talks to us about his book, No Way But Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip.
Brian first travelled to Palestine as a researcher in the 1990s. Over the following three decades, he developed close relationships with families in Gaza, gaining a rare insight into their everyday lives, ambitions and struggles. His book follows three families through the defining moments of their lives – from education, employment and marriage to siege, repeated displacement and devastating loss.
Brian explains why the book is not primarily an account of the politics of Palestine and Israel, but an attempt to fulfil the one request made of him by the families who welcomed him: “Tell our story.”
The conversation explores the danger of viewing Palestinian children solely through the language of trauma and why Brian prefers to describe Palestinians as “resourceful” rather than “resilient.” He discusses the central importance of family, education, religion and a shared determination to defend human dignity.
The final section of No Way But Forward records a year of WhatsApp messages sent to Brian by the three fathers following 7 October 2023. These firsthand accounts document displacement, starvation, injury, bereavement and the indignities of life in makeshift tents, while also revealing the families’ continuing commitment to their children’s education and futures.
With best wishes,
The Britain Palestine Project team