'In a first for Australian theatre, a classic play is reinvented by a fresh new work. Buzo's enduring themes of cultural and generational conflict are taken up by award-winning playwright Alana Valentine in a thoroughly 21st century story.
'..."Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah" tells the story of a young Afghani-Australian Muslim woman who turned to the religion of her heritage for answers after the September 11 attacks, resulting in a deep experience of faith and a controversial decision to wear the hijab.'
Source: Seymour Centre website, http://www.seymour.usyd.edu.au/
Sighted: 10/08/2009
Norm and Ahmed
Straight White Male : Norm and Ahmed ; Radha and Ryan
1960-1968
(Manuscript version)x401337
Z342308
1960
single work
drama
(taught in 3 units)
'A rather ocker, white Australian male encounters a well-mannered Pakistani student with revolutionary ambitions in a Sydney park at midnight. Buzo creates an image of race prejudice as a profoundly irrational force in the behaviour of ordinary Australians.' (Publication summary)
'BOOK REVIEW: Alana Valentine’s 'Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah', published by Currency Press, is one step towards offering a better glimpse of how Muslims, women in particular, explore their own identities in relation to their faith and life here in Australia.'
'BOOK REVIEW: Alana Valentine’s 'Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah', published by Currency Press, is one step towards offering a better glimpse of how Muslims, women in particular, explore their own identities in relation to their faith and life here in Australia.'
