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Blocked Duwar

︎2026



Based on Feras Shaheen’s experience of maintaining Palestinian identity within diaspora, Blocked Duwar explores the simultaneous frustration and resilience of forced separation from your Indigenous homeland. Set within an imagined Palestine—pieced together from fragmented memories, family records and digital remnants—Shaheen’s struggle for self-determination is explored through dance performance that blends video game technology, sound, user interface and experience design. Blocked Duwar considers the agency of the public, asking viewers to confront their own role in local and global systems of power, the perpetuation of propaganda, and the liberation of Indigenous people.


















Musician : Majdi Aljelda
Dramaturg : Jazz Money
Lighting Designer : Fausto Brusamolino
Costume Designer : Noah Johnson
Sound Designers : Jenny Trinh and Dylan Mangunay
Movement Consultant : Efren Pamilacan
Cultural Advisors : Seraj, Majdi Aljelda and Ashraf Dowani


Dates
March 2026
25th Biennale of Sydney, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney AU [premiere] 












Directed by Feras Shaheen///

Lead Artists : Feras Shaheen and Jonny Scholes


























































Photography by Johnny Chaing


Blocked Duwar has been commissioned and produced by Campbelltown Arts Centre and presented in association with the 25th Biennale of Sydney in March 2026. Blocked Duwar has been supported by Arts Tasmania and assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.