Valantina Abu Oqsa
Valantina Abu Oqsa is a Palestinian actress, theater director, poet and playwright who received the 2012 Etel Adnan Award for Women Playwrights for her play I Am Free.
born 1967The play I Am FreeWork with Al Hakawati TheaterCo-founding the Palestinian Theater League
- Born
- 3 December 1967, Galilee
- Occupation
- actor, theatre director, poet, playwright
Valantina Abu Oqsa was born in 1967 in Galilee
Abu Oqsa was born on 3 December 1967 in the village of Mi'ilya in the Upper Galilee. She lives in Haifa with her husband and children.
She studied theater in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem for a year and a half. In 1986 she began working with the Al Hakawati Theater Group in Jerusalem, where she edited, wrote, directed and produced.
She acted in many productions and performed in Europe, the United States and Arab countries in several languages. She co-founded the Palestinian Theater League in Jerusalem and ran the Child Artist project in Haifa from 2001 to 2005. On 9 April 2002, during the Battle of Jenin, she was shot in the left arm by an Israeli soldier while trying to bring supplies to the refugee camp, and lost the use of her left elbow.
She has written poetry since 1981, and her first poem appeared in Al Etihad in 1984. Her first poetry book came out in 1999.
Valantina Abu Oqsa's life in 8 milestones
- 1967
Born in Mi'ilya in the Upper Galilee.
- 1981
Began writing poetry.
- 1984
Published her first poem in Al Etihad.
- 1986
Joined the Al Hakawati Theater Group in Jerusalem.
- 1999
Published her first poetry book.
- 2001
Founded the Child Artist project in Haifa.
- 2002
Was shot in the arm during the Battle of Jenin.
- 2012
Received the Etel Adnan Award for Women Playwrights.
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