“That Place” is the outcome of three-month storytelling workshop organized by BuSSy, with former female prisoners in collaboration with Children of Former Prisoner Association. The performance tells stories about life inside prison, and the social stigma afterwards.

The performance is a walkthrough where audience are invited to take time to listen and reflect on the stories of these women. The workshop is a part of a project in partnership with Drosos foundation, and incubated under MADEV.

Première:
24th & 25th February - Downtown - Cairo

Storytellers
Jehan Fadi
Zahra Abdullah
Yara Sallam
Mariam Boctor
Mona ElShimi
Dahlia Sabbour
Shimaa Tantawy
Maha El Ashkar
Jailan Youssef
Rasha Sultan
Reem Eltaib

Story documentation
Jehan Fadi
Zahra Abdullah
Rasha Sultan
Sondos Shabayek

Translation of stories
Nermeen Hegazi
Yara Mamdouh
Dahlia Sabbour

Workshop Facilitators
Sondos Shabayek
Jehan Fadi
Zahraa Abdullah

Photographer
Rehab Edalil

Videographer
Karim Abada

Sound designer
Ayman Badr

Light designer
Saber El Sayed

Technical support
Mido Sadek
Ahmed Nabil

Arabic Calligraphy
Mahmoud Atef

Poster Design & Social Media
Hadeel Gamal

Accountant
Manar Mokhtar

Project Coordinators
Sama Et-turkey
Eman Khereba

Children of Female Prisoners Association Coordinator
Reham Saber

Executive Producer
Nahla Soliman

Volunteers
Omar Hesham
Mariam Hegab

Project Manager
Dina Abdel-Nabi

Director
Sondos Shabayek

Sincere thanks to ...
The Brave women who shared their stories
Yara Sallam
Muhammad Gaber
Rasha Sultan