Bechdel Theatre Podcast

Episode 3 - #BringAFeministFriend special on representations of Muslim girls, with Firdos Ali and Shaneela Rowah Al-Qamar talking about Homegrown and Hounslow Girl.   Firdos Ali is a playwright, currently writing a musical which will be previewed at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Firdos is co-curator of the Bunker Without Borders, and has 2 pieces of work being staged at the Bunker on April 4th and 8th. Firdos' #FeministFaves were Deeya Khan of sister-hood.com, Edna Adan who founded a hospital for women and children in Somaliland, and anti-FGM campaigner Layla Hussein.   Shaneela Rowah Al-Qamar is a business woman, founder of perfume company  The Scented Souq and writer of several books on Arabian and Islamic history.  Shaneela's #FeministFave was Mona Eltahawy.   We watched The Inconvenient Muslim - An Evening to Launch Homegrown at Conway Hall.  Some of the publicity around the cancellation of the National Youth Theatre's production: The Guardian, Telegraph, Channel 4 and BBC. & The Diary of a Hounslow