Niqabi Ninja Play Summary

In this essay I will be reviewing the theatre production I watched earlier this year, Niqabi Ninja. This play was directed by non-other than the brilliant Director Megan Furniss, she was inspired by the original book written by Sara Shaarawi. The play tackles the social issues such as Women Abuse and mainly sexual violence. The play was directed to the tragic incidents that occurred and might still occur in the city of Cairo, located in Egypt.
Most women in the city of Cairo are seen as sexual objects rather than powerful people, which drove them to have protests against women abuse and sexual terrorist harassment. There was a large number of Gang rapes happening to innocent Muslim women in the Egyptian community because they showed some courage
These protests caused men to do the obvious and do unbearable harassments against these innocent people. Men felt inferior and thought having that amount of courage to stand up for yourself is against their ‘beliefs’. And where were the police and securities when this was taken place? Sources say that they didn’t want to get involved with
My vocal work changed because of using the advice from Bianca and Lauren. Costume was really interesting because you would expect them to be in ninja suits or hijabs but they were in regular hoodies, combat boots and black chokers which is worn by the director as well only one character wears a Niqab. The Niqab which is symbolic of being your own superhero, your own ninja to take the only strength and courage you have and fight for your rights and respect as a women. The stage was the definition of simplicity with vintage chairs placed 2 meters away from each