My Fatherland or My Head Scarf, A Play About a Girl Who Burns Her Head Scarf Summary

Next on the agenda at the National Theater was the skit titled "My Fatherland or My Head Scarf," which starred Funda Eser, a member of Sunay Zaim's troupe of actors. She had entertained them earlier with parodies of commercials and a belly dance, but now she comes onstage with her head swathed in a black scarf covering her face so the audience didn't recognize her at first.

The premise of the skit is a woman proclaiming her independence by taking off her head scarf, then burning it, much to the dismay of her family and other Muslims. Then as the religious fanatics are dragging her offstage, she is saved by the Republican soldiers...