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Edinburgh August 2026 Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh 

Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah

ADAS

ROYAL LYCEUM, EDINBURGH

Friday August 28, 7.30pm

Describer: Christopher McKiddie

Part of the Edinburgh International Festival.

Palestinian theatre company Khashabi Theatre reimagines an epic poem with physical theatre and live music.

The legendary poem Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah (The Epic of Bani Hilal) has been passed down from generation to generation since the 14th century. Once widespread across the Middle East, it is now only performed in Egypt and is at risk of extinction.

Khashabi Theatre creators Bashar Murkus and Khulood Basel couldn’t find any evidence of a Palestinian version, so they chose to merge the myth with the aesthetics of Palestinian folklore and Arab performance styles.