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Ohio Wesleyan to Host Play About Being a Muslim Woman in the United States
‘Unveiled’ to Highlight Stories of Five Women in Post-9/11 America

October 20, 2010

Rohina Malik.

Photo courtesy of Rohina Malik

DELAWARE, OH – Author and playwright Rohina Malik will perform her powerful solo show, “Unveiled,” which features five stories of Muslim women and their experiences in America following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The performance will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Benes Rooms of Ohio Wesleyan University’s Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave. The public is invited to this free performance.

Malik is a Chicago-based playwright, actress, and solo performance artist. She was born and raised in London, England, and is of South Asian heritage. She is under commission with The Goodman Theater in Chicago, and is one of four writers in The Goodman’s Playwrights Unit.

This performance of “Unveiled” is sponsored by the University Chaplain’s Office; the OWU chapter of Amnesty International; the OWU Peace and Justice House; the OWU Women’s Resource Center; the OWU departments of Women’s and Gender Studies, Religion, Theatre & Dance, and Sociology-Anthropology; and the Ohio Wesleyan Art Guild.

Ohio Wesleyan University is one of the nation’s premier small, private universities, with more than 90 undergraduate majors, sequences, and courses of study, and 23 Division III varsity sports. Located in Delaware, Ohio, just minutes north of Ohio’s capital and largest city, Columbus, the university combines a globally focused curriculum with off-campus learning and leadership opportunities that translate classroom theory into real-world practice. OWU’s close-knit community of 1,850 students represents 45 states and 52 countries. Ohio Wesleyan earned a 2009 Presidential Award for Excellence in General Community Service, is featured in the book “Colleges That Change Lives,” and is included on the “best colleges” lists of U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review. Learn more at www.owu.edu.