"Hijab" & "Mining the 'Local' for the 'Universal'".

"Hijab" & "Mining the 'Local' for the 'Universal'".

In "Hijab", three strangers are forced to confront the various 'veils' that exist in their lives when they fortuitously meet at a funeral. While their coming together could be construed as a mere coincidence, each has a personal agenda that they want to accomplish by the end of t...

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Main Author: Muhammad Zahari Abu Talib.
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-522132019-12-10T14:46:24Z "Hijab" & "Mining the 'Local' for the 'Universal'". Muhammad Zahari Abu Talib. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Jennifer Megan Crawford DRNTU::Humanities::Drama In "Hijab", three strangers are forced to confront the various 'veils' that exist in their lives when they fortuitously meet at a funeral. While their coming together could be construed as a mere coincidence, each has a personal agenda that they want to accomplish by the end of the funeral. Using the rich imagery and metaphors of Islam and Sufism, “Hijab” aims to unveil the veils that exist in issues such as life and death, gender and sexuality and Otherness. “Mining the ‘Local’ for the ‘Universal’” is a critical look at the playwright’s creative process in his attempt to create a piece that is situated steeply in local specificities but yet resonate universally. Bachelor of Arts 2013-04-25T04:33:30Z 2013-04-25T04:33:30Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52213 en Nanyang Technological University 61 p. application/pdf
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"Hijab" & "Mining the 'Local' for the 'Universal'".
description In "Hijab", three strangers are forced to confront the various 'veils' that exist in their lives when they fortuitously meet at a funeral. While their coming together could be construed as a mere coincidence, each has a personal agenda that they want to accomplish by the end of the funeral. Using the rich imagery and metaphors of Islam and Sufism, “Hijab” aims to unveil the veils that exist in issues such as life and death, gender and sexuality and Otherness. “Mining the ‘Local’ for the ‘Universal’” is a critical look at the playwright’s creative process in his attempt to create a piece that is situated steeply in local specificities but yet resonate universally.
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