An Olive Tree by Carolyn Yates

An Olive Tree by Carolyn Yates a rehearsed reading, followed by a Q&A with playwright Sara ShaarawiAmid the fragile optimism of the early 1990s following the Oslo Accords, tourism and Palestinian olive oil were imagined as foundations for peace and independence.An ambitious journalists well-intentioned search for that hopeful story in the West Bank sets in motion a chain of unintended consequences.

Poetic, intimate and politically resonant, An Olive Tree is loosely based on the playwrights experience of working in the West Bank and Gaza with the British Council.This event is a fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).