AMMAN — Rawsan Hallak has loved the theater foras long as she can remember, whether it be performing live in front of anaudience, acting in school plays, or participating in acting contests.
“I have always loved the theater, ever since Iwas a girl in school, I played different roles, but I mostly loved comedy” the Hallaksaid.
The Jordanian stand-up comedian, actress, and radiopresenter first appeared on social media back in 2013 with Kharabeesh, which isa Jordanian company that produces animated cartoons, music videos, and talkshows.
“I worked specifically with ‘N2O Comedy’ a YouTubechannel. I mostly talked about real-life situations I have been in” Hallak told Jordan News in a recent interview.
She also mentioned how she finds inspiration inthose around her or her “support system,” as she called them, often tellingtheir stories through her work. “They inspire a lot of the topics I choose totalk about in my videos” said Hallak.
Hallak explained that there is always a messagebehind the topics she talks about, and that she is mainly “trying to changecertain behaviors”.
Jordanian actress, comedian, and radiopersonality Rawsan Hallak is pictured in this undated photo. (Photo: RawsonHallak’s Instagram)
The actress also talked about being a womanthat wears hijab in the acting field. “It was not easy at all in the beginning.… but people soon accepted me, they liked both my personality and appearanceand I am thankful for that” said Hallak.
She continued to explain that wearing a hijabon social media does not present much of a difficulty, unlike when it comes tofinding acting roles on television, which are hard to find for those that wearhijab, according to the actress.
“Social media in general does not limit aperson; you can work on social media and wear whatever you want” she said.
“I cannot play just any part because I wear ahijab and the roles available are limited,” Hallak elaborated.
Those roles were even scarcer during thecoronavirus pandemic. “I was really affected, my passion is the theater; I loveperforming in general, whether it was a stand-up comedy show, or in a play, andI miss communicating with a live audiences. All events were virtual due to thepandemic,” she said.
“Even though the pandemic provided goodmaterial when it came to social media content, I just did not see myself in it.I simply couldn’t keep up with the people who used the pandemic for content,because like I said, I love the theater and it is my passion, social media isnot the best place for comedy shows and I prefer the stage” the actressexplained.
Hallak said that she one day aspires to performstand-up comedy in all parts of the Arab world. “I hope to perform in Palestineespecially, I want to go there then maybe perform in all parts of the Arabworld, there aren’t that many women in this field here and I really hope that oneday I can make a strong impression and influence on women,” she said.
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