Palestinians Are Your Eyes: A worldwide reading to never forget

On October 15, 2026, theaters, universities, public squares, and bookstores around the world will unite in an act of global cultural resistance.

On this date, dozens of companies, artists, and associations ranging from Brazil to Mexico, from Italy to Ireland, from Jordan to Gaza, will stage the texts written by the young authors of the Anqa Theatre Company (www.anqa.group) throughout the course of the same day.

Who is Anqa

Anqa is a theater collective born from an initiative by Progetto REC. It is composed of authors and artists from Gaza and Italy who, through theater and writing, transform their own experience into a direct, human, and unfiltered testimony. In Arabic, Anqa means phoenix.

Why October 15?

The choice of October 15 is not accidental: on this very day in 2023, young Anqa Company performer Abraham Saidam lost his life under the bombs in Gaza. With his death, the dream of a young man who wished to dedicate his life to art was shattered. Today, his fellow artists transform that pain into renewed hope: by entrusting their experiences to writing, they honor Abraham’s memory and continue the mission he could not fulfill.

Credits

Authors

Ibrahim Alhelou — Mother Poem and The pawn;
Dalal Elswerky — Under an Olive-Green Sky and A Pillar in the Concrete;
Fatma Yousef — First Lesson;
Ala’a Sbaih — Anqa Maghrib

Coordinator

Simon Gusman 

Tutors

Giulia Borghi, Stefania Buraschi, Donato Loiacono, Mattia Majerna

Production managers

Karam Jad, Marco Stefani, Gaetano Zamboni

Theatre organisers

Fatma Yousef, Antonella Lamparelli, Mario Valenti

For info: 

www.anqa.group
info@anqa.group
instagram.com/the.anqa.group