"Be the Outcast" Music Video From New Musical Fouad of Nazareth

Palestinian-American composer and lyricist Fouad Dakwar's musical Fouad of Nazareth will now be released as a concept album on March 25, and will be celebrated with a release concert at Ars Nova that evening at 7 PM. Tickets for the album release concert are available here. Get a first listen to "Be The Outcast" from Fouad of Nazareth with the video above. Directed by Sivan Battat, the musical centers on a teenage Palestinian New Yorker who, amidst the sudden divorce of his parents, must resolve his lifelong identity crisis at a summer camp in the most holy (and wholly controversial) place on earth. The semi-autobiographical, dark-comedy musical features an Arabic-infused pop-punk score. The anticipated new musical was written and first developed by Dakwar as a graduate student at Berklee NYC. Dakwar has since been named a 2025 Jonathan Larson Grant recipient