The squatters have unique legal circumstances, but their basic plight is familiar.
He said the play concerns the plight of women fighting for their basic human rights in an Islamic society.
Media investigations found they and workers like them had been living and working in squalid conditions without basic sanitation, and the case brought attention to the plight of foreign workers in Greece's desperate economy.
Sarabi said she pushed the Taliban on the plight of Afghan women, who were denied basic rights during the Taliban's reign, which drew worldwide scorn of the country and a loss of credibility.
They complain the politicians live in comfortable villas and enjoy the use of official cars, but do little to alleviate the plight of citizens struggling to cover the basics of food, housing and heating.
In the hands of Sissako, the plight of thousands of people who are losing basic freedoms to militant religious fanatics is all the more devastating because he trimmed the problem down to its roots.
Known as Brown v. Board of Education of Europe, the ruling highlighted the plight of the Roma, who are often denied access to basic rights and face a life of poverty, discrimination, and exclusion.
But here in Israel, where urban tent cities began springing up a week ago and continue multiplying across the country, the issue is not democracy but the plight of the consumer, especially in housing, food and other basic goods.
He also found that once people are in power positions, those qualities too often take a back seat to self-entitlement, indifference to the plight of others, negative interruptions in conversation, and ignoring even basic politeness.
They will also discuss the plight of thousands of former political prisoners, who lack access to basic services and who remain excluded from the emerging dialogue on national reconciliation.
