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GRITtv: Guantanamo at Home: The Case of Fahad Hashmi

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Fahad Hashmi is an American citizen being held in solitary confinement in Lower Manhattan, facing several years in prison for the crime of providing and conspiring to provide material support and making and conspiring to make a contribution of goods or services to Al Qaeda. The conditions under which he has been held, for two and a half years, are frightening: he is allowed only one visit every other week from one of his parents, and has been punished for shadowboxing alone in his cell.

GRITtv: Al Rowwad: Blame The Wolf

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"Blame the Wolf," a provocative play performed by the Al Rowwad Palestinian youth theater group, revisits the story of Little Red Riding Hood. But this time there's a twist. As the trial unfolds, is the wolf really the one to blame? Dr. Abdel Fattah Abu-Srour, founder and director of the Al Rowwad in the Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank, says that theater is a way of exploring and challenging the world we live in, the stereotypes and prejudices that often shape the way we see others. He's joined by Kathleen Chalfant, an Emmy-award winning actor and supporter of the center.

GRITtv: Caryl Churchill's Seven Jewish Children

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Kathleen Chalfant and others came into the GRITtv studios to read from Caryl Churchill?s new play Seven Jewish Children, inspired by the recent Israeli invasion of Gaza.

GRITtv: August 13, 2009

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"Blame the Wolf," a provocative play performed by the Al Rowwad Palestinian youth theater group, revisits the story of Little Red Riding Hood. But this time there’s a twist. As the trial unfolds, is the wolf really the one to blame?

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