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My Heart is Always Shaking
You may purchase tickets at the following locations: Sameems Afghan Restaurant at 3191 S. Grand Ave. and Screenz at 6680 Delmar Blvd. in University City. (Special ticket discount to patrons of Sameems)
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“How many brothers and sisters do you have?” |
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“Should I count the ones who are dead?” |
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(The interviewer tells her yes and the woman counts them all.) |
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“How many children do you have?” |
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“Do I count the ones who are dead?” |
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(The interviewer does not speak the woman’s language, stops writing and takes the woman’s hand.) |
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“Yes. The dead count. Count them all.” |
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The woman counts them all as she holds the interviewer’s hand. She is from Afghanistan and has survived the Taliban. The woman has left her homeland and escaped to the land of the “infidels” – America.
The interviewer notices that the woman’s hands are shaking and she asks if the woman is afraid. |
The play, “My Heart Is Always Shaking” is based on the interviews of two dozen Afghanistan women who escaped the Taliban and trying to make a new life in St. Louis. The story, which follows the experiences of several women, is full of courage, humor, laughter, sorrow and resilience. It is a story that gives us a better understanding of the place where there is a war involving our young men and women.
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