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Washington Square News

New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

The Siege is based on the 2002 event that Palestinian fighters were trapped in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem for 39 days. Starting Oct. 12, this story has been brought to the stage of NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts by the Palestinian Freedom Theatre.

Freedom Theater’s ‘The Siege’ Arrives at Skirball

Madeline Pursell, Contributing Writer October 16, 2017
Palestinian Freedom Theatre’s "The Siege" at NYU Skirball tells the story of the siege on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in 2002.