Hoe zeg je “kom terug”? (How to say “come back“?) is a poetic documentary theater performance about the new, the old and the returning faces of the Rif (Morocco), the land of Hannah‘s ancestors. Which examines how the encroaching hospitality-industry is reshaping the region’s landscape and identity. The Rif is shown as a place-in-transit: between borders, between languages – Dutch, French, Spanish, Darija, Tamazight – and between memory and loss.
The performance explores the space between what was lost, what threatens to disappear and what is reclaimed. Through the lens of tourism, migration and language, Hannah asks pressing questions about home, origin and appropriation. Who has a right to land that belongs to no one? What does belonging somewhere mean, if the place itself keeps changing?
Hoe zeg je “kom terug”? will premier january 27th 2027!
Credits: Concept, video en spel: Hannah Jamin Zaouad // Productie: Monty // Partners: STAVAZA // Co-Productie: Roel Verniersprijs, Kunstenwerkplaats, KVS, VIERNULVIER, De Theatermaker // Met steun van Mestizo Arts Platform.