The Hero Never Dies: A Palestinian Playwright’s Tribute to the Palestinian Struggle

On a stage in the heart of Beirut, a new play is stirring memories and emotions that refuse to be silenced. “The Hero Never Dies” (Al Batal Ma B Mout) isn’t just a performance, it’s a living, breathing tribute to the Palestinian struggle, echoing across generations.

What Is “The Hero Never Dies” About?

This monodrama introduces us to Mansour, a man whose greatest wish is heartbreakingly simple: to sit beneath a carob tree, smoke his arguile, and gaze out across the sea of Akka in peace. But for Mansour, peace is a dream interrupted by the relentless tides of history.

On stage, Awad transforms himself into four generations of Palestinians, each one wrestling with displacement, love, shame, and the stubborn hope that refuses to die. Under the deft direction of Aliya Khalidi, the scenes shift like memories: sometimes sharp and painful, sometimes laced with surreal comedy, always pulsing with life.

One moment, Mansour is a grandfather clutching the scent of lost orchards; the next, he’s a child staring out at a world that won’t let him belong.

The audience laughs, aches, and remembers with him. The story is personal and collective, intimate and epic all at once.

The Creative Team

• Writer & Performer: Awad Awad
• Director: Aliya Khalidi
• Assistant Director: Mouhamad Tarek Majzoub
• Production & Stage Management: Mariam Chouman

Together, this team crafts a work that doesn’t offer easy answers, but instead insists on remembrance. Through careful storytelling and conviction, they shine a light on the silence, resilience, and resistance that shape generations.

Through careful craft and conviction, the team sheds light on generations shaped by displacement, silence, and resistance. Their work doesn’t offer easy answers—it insists on remembrance. In doing so, they honor the weight of loss and the power of survival.

Where Can You Get Tickets?

Performances will take place at Hamra’s Al Madina Theater on Saturday, May 24, and Sunday, May 25, at 8:30 PM. Tickets are now available through AntoineTicketing.

Enjoyed reading about Awad Awad’s “The Hero Never Dies”? Check out the #Arts & Culture section for more content like this!