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The Pear Theatre

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1110 La Avenida St.
Mountain View, CA 94040 United States
650-254-1148 http://thepear.org

September 2016

Veils

September 16, 2016 @ 8:00 pm - September 18, 2016 @ 2:00 pm
The Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St.
Mountain View, CA 94040 United States
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$28 – $32
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Set in the weeks just prior to the Egyptian revolution known as Arab Spring, VEILS follows Intisar, an African-American Muslim student, who enrolls for a year abroad at the American Egyptian University in Cairo, thinking she will finally feel like she belongs. Her new Egyptian roommate, Samar, has different views – particularly about the practice of veiling – and yearns to have greater freedom of expression as a journalist. As the political and personal turmoils build, the two young women…

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