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Written and Directed by: Ranen Odeh , Choreographer Supervisor: Sharaf DarZaid , Light Designer: Yasser Nabulsi, Firas Abu Sabbah , Sound: Janna Shafee , Dancers: Tala Youns, Rama Najjar, Noor Samaro, Wajdi Khalid. School Dirctor: Mohammad Shafee About the Company About the performance It was founded in Nablus, in 2009. Its vision is to improve perform- ing arts in Nablus, collaborate with partners to work in all the West Bank. This labyrinth is not a new one. It has always been there since the times of ignorance. As we shuttle back into history, we can find the Order of Assassins, or the new call, as they called themselves. It’s a Nizari Isma`ili sect who lived in the mountains of Persia and in Syria, which was founded by Hassan-Ibn Sabbah. The military tactic of these people was assassination and murder. The Order members cared less for death. They only cared to im- plement their goals. They used to terrorize rulers and princes who fought them. They murdered many key figures at that time. The Eu- ropeans had much imagination describing those Assassins. Books abounded in myths around them, hence we find the narration of the Italian Marco Polo in The Myth of Paradise. This historical epic was translated by analyzing movement, circus and drama. The trainer and director transformed the research and personal real stories through the work of four actors embodying all of the above on stage. Moreover, the work is not devoid of oriental thought, the Pales- tinian folklore, endless love stories, equality between men and women, humanity, power, proving existence, continuous rape of women’s rights, murder in the name of honor, and gender prob- lems, but until when? With Contribution of: Supported by: MainSponsor The Levant Labyrinth 40 minutes Municipality Theatre/Ramallah City Hall Friday 09 July On Stage Performances Nablus Performing Arts School- Nablus/Palestine 7:45 pm In Partnership with: Palestinian Circus School