The actress and drama therapist Zeina Daccache in "Ly chabakna ykhallessna" (May the one who bound us deliver us). (Credit: Ghassan Aflak)
For 13 years, she spent her days in the Lebanese prison system, a voluntary prisoner, creating plays with inmates, attempting to repair within them whatever drives them to crime through drama therapy. For 13 years, every play written and directed by Zeina Daccache has led to changes in penal and prison laws towards more humanity and modernity.Her first job following the creation of her NGO Catharsis in 2007 was producing 12 Angry Lebanese with inmates of Roumieh prison, inside the prison itself. For the first time in the history of this exclusively male penitentiary, the refined festival audience, the Lebanese intelligentsia and representatives of international cultural missions arrived, leaving the play deeply moved. The play led to a highly praised documentary winning eight awards, but more importantly, it triggered the implementation...
For 13 years, she spent her days in the Lebanese prison system, a voluntary prisoner, creating plays with inmates, attempting to repair within them whatever drives them to crime through drama therapy. For 13 years, every play written and directed by Zeina Daccache has led to changes in penal and prison laws towards more humanity and modernity.Her first job following the creation of her NGO Catharsis in 2007 was producing 12 Angry Lebanese with inmates of Roumieh prison, inside the prison itself. For the first time in the history of this exclusively male penitentiary, the refined festival audience, the Lebanese intelligentsia and representatives of international cultural missions arrived, leaving the play deeply moved. The play led to a highly praised documentary winning eight awards, but more importantly, it triggered the...
