There’s been much discussion about “Disgraced“, the new production at the Lyceum Theater in New York City. The play won the 2013 Pulitzer prize for drama.
Roughly speaking, the play by Ayad Akhtar (pictured) deals with what’s authentically Islamic in the context of contemporary America.
Akhtar was born in New York City in 1970 to parents of Pakistani descent. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated from Brown University.
Have any of you seen it? What’s your take on the representation of American Muslims in popular culture — in this play or otherwise?
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