Unveiled - seeking understanding in the wake of 9/11

Piece Description

Seeking understanding between Muslims and those from other faiths is not just something done each year on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack on America. For many Muslim Americans it is a part of their daily lives. This half hour documentary looks at the challenges Muslim women face on a daily basis because of misunderstandings surrounding the wearing of the head covering known as the hijab. It profiles a Muslim American playwright, Rohina Malik, who performs her original one-woman show, "Unveiled" in theaters around the nation and in churches and synagogues and hosts candid discussions in hopes of dispelling the myths and stereotypes of Islam as a violent faith. The piece also examines attitudes of Islam from the perspective of a reformed Jew, a Kuwaiti Muslim woman, Americans, The Council on American Islamic Relations, and a new study on American attitudes ten years after 9/11. It also examines the struggle that Muslim women have in deciding whether to wear the hijab and how to deal with what they say is continuous discrimination.

This piece will hold up after the 9/11 anniversary. (Malik performs unveiled for three weeks at Brava Theater in San Francisco, beginning on 9/11/11 then in the Midwest and other states throughout the year.)