The Who And The What - Play by Ayad Akhtar
The Who and The What
A father, Afzal, and two adult daughters: The widowed patriarch originally comes from Pakistan and has worked his way up from a taxi driver to a successful taxi entrepreneur. A rather liberal Muslim, but with very stable views, who takes loving care of his daughters. For the older one, Zarina, a talented writer, he is even secretly looking for a man: without her knowledge, he places a personal ad on muslimlove.com and then personally tests the candidates through their paces - and, above all, for their faith. Eli, a young convert, initially seems to please both father and daughter. He marries Zarina. But when Afzal comes across his daughter's current manuscript, a critical book about the prophet and about Mohammed as a human being, a scandal ensues. The questions Zarina asks are pure blasphemy for him. The patriarch rejects the daughters and at the same time becomes an outcast himself.
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Arrival & contact
Borderland Theater
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz 5-6
52062 Aachen
Germany
