The Shroud Maker

Hajja Souad is an 80-year old Palestinian woman living on the besieged Gaza Strip who has survived decades of wars and oppression through making shrouds for the dead. This is her story.

The Shroud Maker is part of @70: Celebration of Contemporary Palestinian Culture, a week-long festival commemorating the Palestinian experience of dispossession and loss of a homeland. This one-woman comedy weaves comic fantasy with satire, and offers a vivid portrait of Palestinian life in Gaza underscored with gallows humour.Hajja Souad, an 80-year old Palestinian woman living on the besieged Gaza Strip, knows about business. She has survived decades of wars and oppression through making shrouds for the dead. A compelling black comedy that delves deep into the intimate life of ordinary Palestinians to weave a highly distinctive path through Palestine’s turbulent past and present, The Shroud Maker is a one-woman comedy that weaves comic fantasy and satire with true stories told first hand to the writer, and offers a vivid portrait of Palestinian life in Gaza underscored with gallows humour.