Juliano Mer-Khamis

Born in Nazareth, Israel on May 29, 1958 — died April 4, 2011 (aged 52)

Juliano Mer-Khamis was an Israeli and Palestinian actor, director, filmmaker, and political activist of Jewish and Palestinian Eastern Orthodox Christian parentage. In 2011, he was assassinated by a masked gunman in the Palestinian city of Jenin, where he had established The Freedom Theatre.