Celine
You wrote a book, but you're also an actor, so let's start with your journey into this work. As the daughter of arguably the most famous Palestinian scholar, Edward Said, you must have grown up in relationship to the connection between colonialism here in the United States and what's going on in Palestine and Lebanon. Did you grow up with that awareness? How did that shape you as an artist, and how did you choose your path as an artist?
Najla
As a kid, I started taking theater classes when I was about seven or eight, and it really opened me up and became my passion. I was very shy and confused about being Arab, and I didn't really know what to do with it.