On April 25th, instead of our weekly Vespers meetings, we chose to go to New Brunswick to view the play Unveiled, written by Rohina Malik. In this play Rohina acts as four different Islamic women in a post 9/11 United states.
The main, and to me, most poignant message of the play was the line “get to know me!” This line seemed to speak against the human tendency to group all individuals in one negative category, or to assign a negative stereotype to a person because of their appearance or religious background, without knowing the person as an individual. (i.e. the assumption that all Muslims are terrorists). It seemed as though Rohina hoped to work against negative stereotyping of Muslims by exhibiting our shared humanity through this play.
Residents, Linda, Antoinette, and Pastor Karen pictured with play-write and actor Rohina Malik.
Residents, Linda, and Pastor Karen pictured with Susan.
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