Aizzah Fatima's 'Dirty Paki Lingerie' Production Breaks Down Muslim-American Anxieties

Like the controversial Death of Klinghoffer having hit the Met Opera last year, Aizzah Fatima's one-woman play Dirty Paki Lingerie is also raising a few eyebrows. And with five years of performances behind her, the ethnically slighting production is proven to be a success.

In the production, certain monologues explore issues surrounding identity sexuality and religion from the perspective of six Pakistani Americans. Now having take then play to Luton, Bradford, Glasgow and London, Fatima and director Erica Gould engage in what PRI calls "talks-backs" after the show.

For the crowd across the pond, the phrase "Paki" is a derogatory term used in Britain, where it was first published in tabloids in the '60s to refer to all South Asians. However, Fatima feels these stereotypes will soon be laid to waste in the coming decades.

In the interview, she said:

"There was a human side to this experience of being a Muslim-American woman that was completely missing in the media, completely missing in the types of characters we see in film, TV, theater. I wanted to portray Muslim women, especially women who cover their hair, the way I know them to be, as activists and feminists and very outspoken go-getters."

Check out an interview below and afterwards make your way to PRI for some more.