Gassan Abbas

Gassan Abbas was born in 1953 in Umm al-Fahm

Abbas was born in Umm al-Fahm to a Muslim family of 11. The family home had no electricity or running water.

He finished high school as an external student. He later graduated from the theater department at Tel Aviv University.

From the 1980s he acted in many stage productions, including works at the Haifa Theatre, Beit Lessin and Habima. He also performed in several one-man shows. In 2012 he starred in a one-man show at Habima based on the book by Dr. Abu al-Aish, whose 3 daughters were killed during Operation Cast Lead.

He appeared in films such as Nadia, Cup Final and The Milky Way. In 2000 he founded the Diwan al-Lajun theater in Wadi Ara and ran it. He had to close it in 2017 because of budget problems.