Name: Halal-el-Mashakel
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Halal-el-Mashakel

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Published in Staging Asylum: Contemporary Australian Plays About Refugees

Two asylum seekers, two musical instruments, two philosophies of survival, one bag of snacks. Two young men in a detention centre await news about their cases. One plays the guitar, the other the drums; although they hate each other's taste in music, they've noone else to play with. The guitarist believes in staying hopeful; the drummer believes that hope is useless - it picks you up only to slam you down. One is rejected, the other is released. They share a bag of halal-el-mashakel, a mix of nuts and berries known as 'problem solvers'.

Form/Style: naturalistic
Length in minutes: 30
Cast: 3 total
Roles: 1 female identifying, 2 male identifying
Publisher: Currency Press

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INTERVIEW: LINDA JAIVIN (NOT IN PRINT PODCAST)

CURRENCY PRESS, 14 DECEMBER 2014

Not in Print speaks to Australian playwright Linda Jaivin about her play 'Halal-el-Mashakel'.

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