Roisin Murray's Page

Have fully recovered from the Holy Land trip - got my energy, sense of perspective and my humour back. I am now working on a performance, using some of the traditional stories told out there, and linking it with the personal stories I heard, the adventures we had, and my reflections on my own experiences. This will debut at the Multi Faith Centre at my local University on the 30th September, so I am working hard to polish the material and get going on proper rehearsal. This stuff was really big,… Continue

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we have now finished running workshops with Jewish and Arab groups. First event was a visit to a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank called Tul Karem, where we met Palestinians and heard their experience, followed by a meeting of 50 people (25 from each side) who met in an olive grove to share experiences hosted by Combatents for Peace, a group of ex-warriors from both sides who have decided that the gun won't solve the problems. We met under a canopy and despite three visits from… Continue

Have just spent four weeks with 13 other storytellers from 11 countries in all, working in Emerson college ~Sussex, UK. Two of our group Roi Gal-Or and Ethan Freidman are programme carriers for a great event - we are going to the Holy Land to work with Arab and Jewish storytellers, teachers, parents and young people. We will host workshops in various places, and at the end of May we are performing in Galilee at a Storytelling for Peace Festival in Harduf. for more info see www.adam-insan.org,il/… Continue

Just back from the Annual Gathering in the beautiful Lake District of England. This area is a mix of high peaks and wide waters, it is often wet and dank (hence lots of lakes) but on a Spring day when the sun is shining it is God's Own Country. This weekend the sun shone!
The theme of the gathering was "A Sense of Place", and I was torn between enjoying the wonderful surroudings of outside, and the beautiful house we were staying in and the gems that were to be had in sharing ideas and inspirati… Continue

In preparation for an upcoming tour in Israel, working across faiths/cultures, I have been looking into other faiths (I was brought up a non-practising Christian). Today I went to an open day at a Mosque in our city. It was a brilliant experience, people were very welcoming and there was a lot of information on the history and practices of Islam. Whilst I have only got a tiny glimpse of this faith I do feel I understand the links between the Abrahmic faiths more. It is a pity we don't tell more… Continue