About This Production

Cafe Jalal presents the joining of the desert and the urban world in a melodious dish that includes Palestinian, Bedouin, Jewish and Arab-Israeli sacred chants ranging from traditional to renewed. Cafe Jalal is a real yet imagined space presented in the modern Israeli-Palestinian society, home to a joyous hafla dancing, a captivating trill of Khaliji and Bedouin music, a longing soul of the Hebrew prayer, celebrating traditions and voicing universally a deep intention of peace.