Disaster Response Palestine Project #67172

Urgent Support Gaza Monologues Writers, Palestine

by ASHTAR for Theatre Productions and Training

Urgent Support Gaza Monologues Writers, Palestine

Project Report | Jul 9, 2025
Globally known, locally trapped.

By Konrad Suder Chatterjee | Communications Manager and Resource Developer

Globally known, locally trapped.

In June 2025, ASHTAR Theatre continued its urgent commitment to directly support the original writers of The Gaza Monologues. These writers, whose voices have resonated in over 60 countries, remain some of the most vulnerable people in Gaza and Egypt today, facing bombardment, forced displacement, and daily threats to the survival of their own and their families.

Thanks to your donations, we disbursed $3,000 USD on June 3rd, 2025 to ten recipients, each an original Gaza Monologue writer or direct family member, to help them meet immediate needs such as food, water, medical support, and shelter.

The latest payments ranged from $250–$500 per person, reaching people in Gaza and Cairo.

Some of our community have not only survived, but continue to serve.

In Cairo, three displaced Gaza Monologues writers facilitated a psychosocial workshop with 20 refugee children, culminating in new monologues performed for parents and peers, a powerful act of storytelling, healing, and resistance.

In these unimaginable circumstances, even modest transfers can be life-saving. Each dollar helps people who have already given so much to keep the truth of Gaza alive for the world.

We remain in daily contact with these writers to respond to their evolving needs, whether for food, medical help, or evacuation support, and we will share the children’s new monologues globally through our website to amplify their voices once more.

Your solidarity means everything.

Thank you for standing with the Gaza Monologues writers at this critical time.

Please continue to share, donate, and keep them in your thoughts.

On behalf of ASHTAR Theatre,
Konrad Suder Chatterjee
Communications Manager and Resource Developer

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Six ASHTAR traneirs, Gaza Monologues Writers, working in Gaza

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Mar 3, 2025
Maybe it seems small but it makes a difference...

By Konrad Suder Chatterjee | Communications Manager and Resource Developer

Since October 2023, the crisis in Gaza has escalated dramatically, with over 42,000 Palestinians killed and nearly 100,000 injured. Among those affected are the writers of The Gaza Monologues, whose words have carried the voices of Palestinian resilience to audiences around the world, more than 60 countries.

Now, they and their families are in urgent need of support. Some continue their work with children and adults, offering drama as a form of psychosocial relief, despite the immense risks and exhaustion they face. Their lives remain in constant danger, and the situation is becoming increasingly desperate, with Gaza flattened and the winter period making it even harder.

With the borders sealed and movement severely restricted, leaving Gaza had become both difficult and costly. As you know, it costs $5,000 to leave for an adult and $2,500 for a child under 16, with the process taking up weeks if at all.

While some of the Gaza Monologues writers are seeking safety abroad, many, understandibly, have chosen to remain, doing what they can to support their families and communities. Each decision is deeply personal, shaped by the extreme and ever-changing conditions on the ground.

ASHTAR Theatre launched this emergency support campaign to channel direct assistance to Gaza Monologues writers and their families. Thanks to the generosity of donors, we have so far distributed $6,000 in direct support to 20 authors, helping them to sustain themselves, support their families, and in some cases, begin or complete the process of evacuation.

We remain in close daily contact with the writers in Gaza and abroad, listening to their needs and responding as best we can.

Some require immediate assistance with food and shelter, others are trying to gather the resources needed to leave, and many are struggling to support their families who have been displaced.

Each donation allows us to act quickly, ensuring that aid reaches those who need it most. Some of them are savvier when it comes to fundraising, some of them less, some of them would not choose to engage with such efforts seeing it as unsustainable.

Despite that, at ASHTAR we recognise the need for continued support and its urgency. The humanitarian collapse is worsening daily, and for those who wish to leave, the options are rapidly diminishing as well all are facing the treats of ethnic cleansing and mass forced relocations.

This campaign aims to provide ongoing assistance, whether that be through evacuation support, emergency aid, medical assistance, or future rebuilding efforts.

We ask for your continued solidarity at this critical time. Every donation, whether one-off or monthly, makes a tangible difference.

The writers of The Gaza Monologues shared their stories with the world more than once. Now, they need the world to stand with them.

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