Make Apartheid History thanks all the following artists and activists for their contributions – Make Apartheid History videos, performances and interviews. From Palestine, the UK, USA and South Africa.
Who?
Adjoa Andoh
Adjoa Andoh is a British film, television, stage and radio actress of British/Ghanaian descent. She is known on the UK stage for lead roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre
Atef Abu Saif
Atef Abu Saif is a Palestinian author who lives and works in Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp. He is one of six authors shortlisted for this year’s International Prize for Arabic Fiction (known as the “Arabic Booker”). Atef was born in Jabalia …
Iman Aoun
Iman Aoun is an award winning actress, director, producer, working in theatre, TV and films. She is co-founder and artistic director of ASHTAR Theatre. She has received recognition for her work from a variety of countries, international …
Issam Aruri
Issam Aruri is General Director of the Jersualem Legal Aid & Human Rights Centre (JLAC), which renders legal aid to vulnerable communities in combating human rights violations. JLAC has since become a key and major player …
Manal Awad
Manal Awad is the co-founder of Palestinian TV satire Watan a Watar which addresses taboo topics and was banned in its third season by the Palestinian General Prosecutor. Manal and her colleagues contested the ban …
Imad Farajin
Imad Farajin has worked as an actor for nine years and started writing plays in 2002. He studied acting at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. He performed in Al Kasaba Theatre’s Alive from Palestine: Stories Under Occupation
Jeff Halper
Jeff Halper is the Co-founder and Director of ICAHD, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. He was born in 1946 in Minnesota and emigrated to Israel in 1973. Since then he has been a tireless advocate for justice and civil rights.
Jeremy Hardy
Jeremy Hardy became a stand-up comedian in January 1984. His BBC Radio 4 work includes Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation, The News Quiz, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and You’ll Have Had Your Tea. He has appeared in a variety of TV
Paterson Joseph
Paterson Joseph is an award-winning actor. From the Channel 4’s Peep Show to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Julius Caesar to Danny Boyle’s The Beach, he is well-known for his extensive credits across TV, theatre and film.
Ronnie Kasrils
Ronnie Kasrils is a South African author and activist. He was Minister of Intelligence Services from 2004 to 2008, member of the African National Congress from 1987 to 2007 and a founding member of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
Zoe Lafferty
Zoe Lafferty has directed, written and researched for theatre in Afghanistan, Britain, America, Palestine, Europe, Syria and Japan. In Britain she has directed theatre at the Soho Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, The Finborough Theatre …
Logic
A modern pioneer in the conscious music movement. Co-founder and general, of the People’s Army, Logic driven a disturbance through the UK HipHop scene and raised the bar. His energy can be felt by music fans of all genres.
Ken Loach
Ken Loach was born in 1936 in Nuneaton. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and went on to study Law at St Peter’s Hall, Oxford. After a brief spell in the theatre, Loach was recruited by the BBC in 1963 as a television director.
Kika Markham
Actor and director Kika Markham, has had a long career in television, film and theatre. She was a supporter of Viva Palestina, the humanitarian convoy to Gaza in 2010 and she is also a patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
Suleiman Mansour
Suleiman Mansour is a Palestinian painter and important figure among contemporary Palestinian artists. Part of the Liberation Art Movement, he is considered an artist of the intifada whose work gave visual expression to the …
Miriam Margolyes
A veteran of stage and screen, award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes has achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic. She is an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights and helped launch the ENOUGH! coalition.
Ahmed Masoud
Ahmed Masoud is a writer and director who grew up in Palestine and moved to the UK in 2002. His credits include Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda; Go to Gaza, Drink the Sea; Escape from Gaza; and Walaa.
Dave Randall
Dave Randall is a guitarist, producer and composer. He has contributed to multi-million selling albums by Grammy Award winning artist Dido and has toured the world a number of times performing with UK dance act Faithless. His own critically
Leila Sansour
Leila Sansour is a Palestinian film maker. She is also the founder and spokesperson of Open Bethlehem and a well-known speaker on issues of the Middle East. She has written articles and given talks at the British parliament, The Royal Institute of
Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh is a Palestinian lawyer and writer. He was born in 1951 in Jaffa, Israel, and who currently lives in Ramallah, West Bank. Raja studied law in London. His father was murdered in 1985 and aside from chronicling the …
Mark Steel
Mark Steel is a commentator and stand-up comedian. He has appeared on many radio and television programmes, including Have I Got News for You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2006, he published Vive La Revolution …
Juliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson is considered one of Britain’s leading actors, having played a range of stage, TV and film roles. She won an Olivier Award in 1992 and was made a CBE in the 1999 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Stevenson joined the …
Reem Talhami
Reem Talhami, known for her operatic voice, is a professional performer and one of the renowned female voices in Palestine. She graduated from the music academy in singing and voice training, and started her artistic journey at the …
Ahmed Tobasi
Ahmed Tobasi is an accomplished writer, actor, director and educator with experience working in Palestinian & international theatres. He embraces the idea of being an agent of change and resistance using the medium of theatre.
Samuel West
Samuel West is an actor and sometimes a director. He’s played Hamlet and Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Jeffrey Skilling in Enron in the West End, and the voice of Pongo in Disney’s 101 Dalmations II. On screen he has been…
Ghassan Zaqtan
Ghassan Zaqtan is a Palestinian poet, novelist and editor. He was born in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem and has lived in Jordan, Beirut, Damascus and Tunis. His book “Like a Straw Bird it Follows me”, translated by Fady Joudah, was …
