Waleed Zuaiter

Waleed Zuaiter is a Palestinian-American actor and producer, who has performed in on-stage productions in Washington, DC, Berkeley, California, and New York City, as well as several film and television productions. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Zuaiter was born in 1971 in Sacramento, California, but grew up in Kuwait. He returned to the United States to earn his degree in Philosophy and Theatre at The George Washington University, in Washington, DC. He began his acting career with several productions in Washington, DC, before relocating to New York City.

He has starred in David Greig's "The American Pilot" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Tony Kushner's "Homebody/Kabul", Ilan Hatsor's "Masked", Eliam Kraiem's "Sixteen Wounded", and Victoria Brittain and Gillian Slovo's "Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom". He also performed alongside Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline in "Mother Courage" at the Public Theater.

Zuaiter is also the producer of the annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival and a member of the Arab-American theater collective NIBRAS.

His latest project is a film adaptation of the Ibrahim Fawal novel "On The Hills of God", which recounts the expulsion of the Palestinians during the creation of the State of Israel.

References

* [http://imeu.net/news/article005857.shtml Profile of Waleed Zuaiter at the Institute for Middle East Understanding]
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