On the fourth episode of Make Art Not War, host Libby Lenkinski talks to Noam Shuster-Eliassi. Noam is a Persian-Jewish-Israeli comedian, performer, and peacebuilder. Noam discusses how growing up in Neve Shalom (Wahat al-Salam), a mixed Jewish-Arab community in Israel, led her to create comedy that is a form of cultural activism, and how she's dealing with the shrinking space for self-expression in Israel.

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Learn more:

• The Forward: https://forward.com/

• Albi: https://albi.org/

• The Podcast: https://forward.com/podcasts/make-art-not-war/

• Curated List: https://albi.org/institute/flagship-impact-artists/

• Noam Shuster-Eliassi.: https://www.instagram.com/noam_joon/?hl=en

• Links to pieces used:

• Noam Shuster at the Wilbur Theater

• How One Woman Is Using Comedy to Speak Up About Palestinian Rights | The New Yorker Documentary