Juliano Mer-Khamis | |
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Born | Juliano Khamis 29 May 1958 Nazareth, Israel |
Died | 4 April 2011 | (aged 52)
Cause of death | Assassination |
Resting place | Kibbutz Ramot Menashe, Israel[1] |
Occupation(s) | Actor, director, activist |
Years active | 1984–2011 |
Spouse(s) | Jenny Nyman (?–2011; his death; 3 children) |
Juliano Mer-Khamis (Hebrew: ג'וליאנו מר ח'מיס; Arabic: جوليانو مير خميس; born Juliano Khamis; 29 May 1958 – 4 April 2011)[2] was an Israeli and Palestinian actor, director, filmmaker, and political activist of Jewish and Palestinian Eastern Orthodox Christian parentage.[3] On 4 April 2011, he was assassinated by a masked gunman in the Palestinian city of Jenin, where he had established The Freedom Theatre.
Arab-Israeli actor Juliano Mer-Khamis, who was murdered in Jenin on Tuesday is being laid to rest at the kibbutz Ramot Menashe cemetery, where he will be buried next to his mother Arna. Israeli and Arab actors acco[m]panied him on his final journey.