‘I don’t think people like me can find a home’: Arab Israeli actress takes U.S. stage
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Hend Ayoub. She’s poised for a limited run off-Broadway starting on September 12. Credit: Jessica Palopoli

Hend Ayoub has appeared in the likes of ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and ‘Homeland,’ and is now offering biting commentary in her one-woman show set for off-Broadway. She doesn’t want to be defined by the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, she says, but the everyday aggressions of it – big and small – have undoubtedly shaped her

Andrew Esensten
11:08 PM • September 9th 2025 IDT

SAN FRANCISCO – Hend Ayoub dreams of working as a waitress at a hip Haifa café before attending university, but she has a problem: All the help-wanted ads in the newspaper stipulate that applicants be aharei tzava – literally “after the army.”

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