But then one, Fatima, suddenly starts wearing the hijab, the Muslim headscarf. It’s not the full burka, but it’s an unmistakable sign that something has changed in her life.
The trick of the play is that we never actually see Fatima. We just hear the other characters talking about her. Why has she done it? What does it mean? Why has she cut herself off from her friends? Even her twin brother Mohammed can’t understand her motivation, while the twins’ mother is absolutely furious with her daughter, having fought her own ex-husband for the right to wear Western dress. In a line that captures Gupta’s vigorous way with dialogue, Fatima’s mum memorably declares: “I told her I’d be happier if she’d turned out to be a one-legged, pregnant prostitute than a hijab wearer.”

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