Mobile puppet theater brings joy, change to West Bank children

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Mobile puppet theater brings joy, change to West Bank children

STORY: Mobile puppet theater brings joy, change to West Bank children DATELINE: June 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:21 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the puppet show 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic) DIANA AL-SUWAITI, Palestinian artist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic) DIANA AL-SUWAITI, Palestinian artist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic) SALMA AL-JABARI, Local mother STORYLINE: It is hard to stay uninfected by the passion of Diana al-Suwaiti, a Palestinian artist, whenever she leads a five-member troupe to stage free puppet shows from one neighborhood to another in the West Bank, fascinating children and parents alike. Their caravan, converted from a minibus and meticulously decorated, always attracts eyeballs when it rumbles past. Once the venue was decided, they would put up a "refrigerator theatre," a mobile stage made of wood that could be quickly dissembled and put in the back of the vehicle. The Hebron-based puppeteer told Xinhua she came up with the tour idea in 2019 after seeing many local neigh

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