Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah 9780868198828

Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah

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Author: Valentine, Alana

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What do you do when you profoundly disagree with someone you love Wearing a hijab is a touchstone of religious identity, but it is also imbued with a complex array of historical and contemporary meanings. The cultural meaning of the hijab has become a wedge between generations.

At the heart of Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah is the relationship between an aunt and her niece. Both devout Muslims, the younger woman wants to put on a headscarf, the older woman tries to dissuade her. For Aunt Sarrinah, the hijab represents a world from which she has escaped, for her niece, Shafana, it is a personal statement of renewed faith.

  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 64
  • Publication Date: 05/11/2010
  • Publisher: Currency Press
  • Subject: Plays
  • Audience: Secondary
  • Curriculum: Australian

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