Jihad! The Musical
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Jihad! The Musical is a musical comedy and jihad satire
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The show premiered at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and had a London run at the Jermyn Street Theatre
in January 2010.
The show was written by Benjamin Scheuer (music/lyrics) and Zoe Samuel (book/lyrics).
The show has been praised by General Musharraf of Pakistan, who attended a performance in London, in Febaruary 2010.
Jihad satire
A Jihad satire falls within the tradition of political satire and can refer to a work of art that satirizes the idea of violent jihad. It can also refer to the theory that satirizing violent jihadis with the objective of making them figures of ridicule can be an effective means of defusing...
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The show premiered at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and had a London run at the Jermyn Street Theatre
Jermyn Street Theatre
Jermyn Street Theatre is a performance venue situated in Jermyn Street, London.Formerly a restaurant, under the leadership of Howard Jameson, it was transformed into a 70-seat studio theatre right in the heart of London's West End...
in January 2010.
External links
- I Wanna be Like Osama, a song and dance number with burqaBurqaA burqa is an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic religion to cover their bodies in public places. The burqa is usually understood to be the woman's loose body-covering , plus the head-covering , plus the face-veil .-Etymology:A speculative and unattested etymology...
s, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeDDb5VYwbY - Official website for Jihad! The Musical, http://www.jihadthemusical.co.uk/
The show was written by Benjamin Scheuer (music/lyrics) and Zoe Samuel (book/lyrics).
The show has been praised by General Musharraf of Pakistan, who attended a performance in London, in Febaruary 2010.