Free play on women in Iran, Islam advanced in BDN op-ed
The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Here’s my big hope: One day, being born a female won’t be a curse,” by Reza Jalali, coordinator the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at the University of Southern Maine. Jalali is the author of “The Poets and the Assassin,” a play about women in Iran and Islam. A free performance of the play will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7 in Minsky Recital Hall on the University of Maine campus “to shine a spotlight on the rights of women in Muslim societies,” according to the article. “For my part, sitting in the dark theater to join UMaine students and community members for the production of my play, I’ll mutter prayers for women fighting battles that easily could be ours, and against ignorance, institutional sexism, transnational terrorism and outdated cultural, traditional, tribal and religious practices,” Jalali wrote.