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Husam Abu Aisha (born in Jerusalem in 1959) is a Palestinian actor and comedian.
His upbringing and education
Hussam Abu Aisha was born in 1959 in Jerusalem, and studied business administration in Beirut.
His artistic biography
He joined the Palestinian National Theater in 1976, and was one of the founders of the “Popular Theater” and the “Al-Sanabel Theater” in Jerusalem. He spent 3 years in Israeli occupation prisons, during which he completed three theatrical works: May 1st, Spartacus, and Returning to Haifa. In 1991, the artist Hossam Abu Aisha was elected president of the Palestinian Artists Syndicate for a period of 3 years and worked as editor of the art page in the Jerusalem magazine “Al Awda”. He participated in many films, television and radio series, and also presented solo comedy shows.
Illustrated works
series
Kafr Al-Lawz, 2016, in the role of “Abu Al-Fawz”
Central Quarter Market, 2019, in the role of “Abu Fayrouz”
Sons of Al-Mukhtar, 2019, in the role of “Abu Makhlouf”
Kafr Al-Lawz, Part Two, 2020, in the role of “Abu Al-Fawz”
Umm al-Yasmine (series)
films
Haifa, 1996
This is how he became a spy, 2019
stage
In the footsteps of Hamlet - 2009
Zaatara Coffee - 2018
Stories Under Occupation - 2001
TV programmes
The Fund, broadcast every Ramadan on the Palestine Channel
Achievements and Awards
Awards and honors
Best Actor Award at the Haifa Children’s Theater Festival for the play “The Dwarf and the Miller’s Daughter” in 1996.
Best direction and costumes for the play “The Migrant” at the Carthage Festival in Tunisia in 1999.
The Golden Tanit for the play “Stories Under Occupation” from the Carthage Festival in Tunisia and the second prize at the Arab level for the play The Golden Fish in 2005.
Honored by the Palestinian Ministry of Culture at the 2018 Jerusalem Film Festival.
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