Reconciliation of Diverse Cultures in Yussef El Guindi’s Play Ten Acrobats in an Amazing Leap of Faith

Abstract

Arab immigrants to Europe are individuals of Arab descent who left the Arab world to avoid political incarceration or acts of violence. To assimilate into their new communities, they carry their political beliefs, cultural traditions, and customs with them. The regulations and expectations of their own cultures disjointed Arab immigrants in various directions, causing them to struggle with identity issues. Arab immigrants struggle with issues of identity as they are pulled in different directions by the rules of expectations of their own cultures. The conflict to resolve the issue of their double origins may be reflected in times of doubt or confusion throughout their performance, manifesting in their internal conflict. Becoming fluent and proficient in their cultural origins takes ongoing work and commitment. As they strive to understand the subtitles of both cultures, the characters of the chosen plays battle feelings of indecency and feelings of not fully belonging to either environment. Immigrant families with cultural conflicts suffer from the marginalized and fragmented life experience. A persistent sense of alienation illustrates their struggle. How an immigrant’s native culture and the culture of their host nation are intertwined may alter how their psyche is constructed. They suffer from double consciousness, and their character becomes hybrid due to their fluctuation between two distinct cultures.