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Jerusalem artist determined to keep puppets on stage

Jerusalemite artist Abdel Salam Abdo pulls the strings in the Arab world to ensure that puppet shows are not a dying art.

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Puppeteer Abdel Salam Abdo is seen with one of his puppets at the Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem in this undated photo. — The Palestinian National Theatre

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