Obstacle Course, by Jamil Khoury (Chicago, IL)
21feb(feb 21)7:30 pm27(feb 27)9:30 pm
Event Details
Obstacle Course—Set in Naperville, Illinois, this 45-minute video play, adapted from Jamil Khoury’s stage play Mosque Alert, explores reactions to a proposed Islamic Community Center on the site of a beloved landmark. Allyship, municipal politics, and Islamophobia all intersect in this head-on collision between Not In My Backyard fear mongering, well-intentioned liberalism, and the peaceful practice of faith.
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Silk Road Cultural Center
Silk Road Cultural Center is an interdisciplinary arts organization rooted in Pan-Asian*, North African, and Muslim experiences. We embrace the arts as a catalyst for connecting people, places, histories, and futures.
*We define Pan-Asian as inclusive of all cultures that span the Asian continent, including their diaspora communities.
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