The brilliant Sara Shaarawi’s #NiqabiNinja is bold, unsettling, fierce, beautifully inspiring & challenging. 1 day left to experience this audio led story. Go to @indartsprojects for deets where you can hear this incredible work. This will stay with us. (Persistent & Nasty @PersistentNasty)
Wow. The @GlasgowTramway #NiqabiNinja is uncomfortable, unsettling and uncompromising – just as Sara Shaarawi intends. Tickets are still available for tomorrow. (NB Anyone who has been affected by misogynistic violence might find this difficult). Strongly recommended. (Vivienna Wilson Chart.PR @Viviennewilson)
Tonight people in 5 cities across Scotland have been experiencing Sara Shaarawi’s brilliant Niqabi Ninja in urban spaces. I’ve been stationed at EdiHQ tonight with Thom. What a privilege to meet our audiences, see them on their way and see them return moved & engaged. (Mhari Robinson @mhari79)
I experienced this last night and cannot recommend it enough. #NiqabiNinja is brilliant. Yes, not easy listening, but so so powerful. An excellent piece of storytelling- so beautifully and carefully produced. Congrats to the team. @edintfest @indartsprojects @lyceumtheatre (@alicemarycooper)
Outdoor @edintfest last night, Niqabi Ninja, about violence against women in Cairo (and everywhere). On until the 28th. (Cordelia Beattie @BeattieDr)
Just experienced, and highly, highly recommend, Niqabi Ninja which is on at the Tramway until the 28th. It’s an amazing piece of work which should be required listening for men. Be warned it is absolutely brutal. pic.twitter.com/PCdqf45nFz
— Katherine Mackinnon (@KAMackinnon) August 26, 2021
Beautifully written response by @nasimrasl to @indartsprojects production Niqabi Ninja. This timely and provocative show opens in Aberdeen tonight! @ukulemae and I are both really looking forward to it. CW for the blog & the show: sexual assault. http://niqabininja.net/nasim-rebecca-asl/ (Hanna @anthroboi)
This weekend is last chance to see the formally brilliant (audio graphic novel walking tour☄️) #NiqabiNinja by Sara Shaarawi @edintfest in Edinburgh
— Katherine Mendelsohn 🕷️🐟 (@Katheri48033429) August 26, 2021
+simultaneously in Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, & Inverness.
It’s the piece that’s really blown me away so far. (Tough subject TW) https://t.co/r6CFpwqRQf
Really happy to see Responses being adopted by other platforms over more common review formats. Definitely recommend checking out these wonderful writers and their wonderful words, reflecting on #NiqabiNinja by Sara Shaarawi @anahitrooz@nasimrasl@halinarifai (@FringeofColour)
Inspired by the mighty @FringeofColour we invited responses to #NiqabiNinja from three brilliant thinkers – hoping that @anahitrooz @nasimrasl & @halinarifai would engage emotionally and critically with our work. And oh my – how they have – blown away http://niqabininja.net/blog/ (Catrin Evans @Evs_C)
Powerful responses to walking alone with the audio of Sara Shaarawi’s Niqabi Ninja (Lone Women @wildernessflash)
i’ve had the absolute pleasure of commissioning three incredible writers @halinarifai, @anahitrooz & @nasimrasl to respond to the equally incredible Niqabi Ninja over the last few weeks. you can read their responses to the play here: http://niqabininja.net/blog/ (Katie Goh @johnnys_panic) https://twitter.com/halinarifai/status/1430537981115441165
Just incredible responses to #NiqabiNinja from @anahitrooz @nasimrasl & @halinarifai. Do check out https://t.co/foz5ZBzAvm https://t.co/BdS5PZOh3p
— 💙 Mhari Robinson 🇪🇺 🏳️🌈 (@mhari79) August 25, 2021
We experienced #NiqabiNinja at @GlasgowTramway on Saturday and it’s highly recommended. Finishes this Saturday. (Dardishi)
#edintfest review: Niqabi Ninja @lyceumtheatre – Compelling audio theatre provides an intense experience ★★★★✩ https://t.co/gODi8b9Z4T
— The Wee Review (@theweereview) August 24, 2021
Back from Edinburgh with @lincolncompany tired & happy – glad to see the festivals back, to see the work & feel the buzz.
— BayntonR (@BayntonR) August 23, 2021
Absolute hard recommend this year is for audio walk/piece #NiqabiNinja by Sara Shaarawi @indartsprojects @edintfest – brutal and brilliant. If you can, do. pic.twitter.com/MdVLpigiCr
“Niqabi Ninja augmented my empathy and it showed that no matter the streets you walk – from Cairo to Glasgow – we can share experiences.”
The latest in our #NiqabiNinja reflections blog series is by @halinarifai! Read Halina’s piece here: http://niqabininja.net/halina-rifai/
“There’s something powerful about going on this journey at the same time as strangers – women I know I will never meet again…” We’ve commissioned writers to experience and reflect on #NiqabiNinja. The latest is by @nasimrasl. Read Nasim’s piece here: http://niqabininja.net/nasim-rebecca-asl
Experienced Niqabi Ninja yesterday (@GlasgowTramway) and what an incredible piece it is! I never thought an audio-story performance could be so immersive and convey emotions so vividly. I could feel my pulse racing along with our narrator at points… https://t.co/sKJblg8rVE
— Louise Bell (@LouBell) August 20, 2021
What can I say about #NiqabiNinja by Sara Shaarawi It’s an amazing piece of work and so pertinent given the current situation in Afghanistan. Emotional and packs a punch – it is so well worth seeing. Info: http://niqabininja.net (Wendy Niblock)
#NiqabiNinja arrived in Glasgow yesterday. Now in its third iteration of this tour, I keep discovering its depths and I was so moved by audience reaction yesterday. Glasgow Folk get your tickets – we’re with @GlasgowTramway till end of next week (Catrin Evans @Evs_C)
Glasgow folks, I cannot recommend this audio walk enough. “Niqabi Ninja” tells a powerful story where enough is enough and a woman rises up to take her streets back. This is the story of everywoman and it’s a story every man needs to walk. Till 28 Aug. https://t.co/1HnOxPGZ8K
— Prof Dee Heddon 🏳️🌈 (@DeirdreHeddon) August 19, 2021
Glasgow folks, I cannot recommend this audio walk enough. “Niqabi Ninja” tells a powerful story where enough is enough and a woman rises up to take her streets back. This is the story of everywoman and it’s a story every man needs to walk. Till 28 Aug. (Professor Dee Heddon (@DeirdreHeddon)
Walked and listened to #niqabininja at @GlasgowTramway this evening and left feeling furious and fired up*. Couldn’t help noticing my fellow walkers were womxn… When will men take a more active stance in challenging rape culture? *content warning: rape Take care of yourself. (Annie Tot @Annie_tot)
Niqabi Ninja — memories of Tahrir Square stalk Edinburgh’s streets https://t.co/GfX5MbFNFp
— FT for Schools (@ft4s) August 19, 2021
#NiqabiNinja writer Sara Shaarawi’s live interview with @edintfest begins in just 10 minutes!
— Independent Arts Projects (@indartsprojects) August 18, 2021
Tune in at 11:30am here: https://t.co/NqTRhVywW0 pic.twitter.com/Clomb5lKGY
Very thought-provoking. Not just the summer chills. #NiqabiNinja transforming @eicc conference square into #Tahrirsquare (Emily Granozio @EmilyGranozio)
theatre’s back babyyyyyy. i wrote about @edintfest’s NIQABI NINJA, male violence, and reclaiming the city for @indartsprojects ✨🎭 go watch it and go get mad!!! https://t.co/fQdkgCMXVl
— anahit behrooz (@anahitrooz) August 17, 2021
Can recommend ‘Niqabi Ninja’ & ‘You Bury Me’.
@stephmlot
My 4 star **** review @scotsman_arts of Sara Shaarawi’s audio promenade play Niqabi Ninja, a huge cry of rage against violence against women, now playing via the @lyceumtheatre as part of the @edintfest, and also at five other locations across Scotland. https://t.co/fmtZWg6PfD
— joycemcmillan (@joycemcm) August 14, 2021
Congratulations to @Evs_C@indartsprojects@niroshthambar and all the team for the incredibly powerful #NiqabiNinja@edintfest Listening to that final scene at 10pm on a Friday on Lothian Road gave it an extra edge. @lyceumtheatre@CreativeScots@BCScotland@edfests (Paul Fitzpatrick, @pfitzp)
Niqabi Ninja (★★★★★) Devastating audio-story performance piece tackles the brutal oppression of women in Sara Shaarawi’s uncompromising International Festival work (The List, @thelistmagazine)
Walking down Lothian Road and saw this on the window of Café Nero – double-take 👀
— Taqi Nazeer (@TaqiNazeer) August 7, 2021
What. A. Poster.
Cannot wait to see this! Written by Sara Shaarawi and directed by @Evs_C
Selling fast! Limited availability already! 👇🏽
https://t.co/e9hwFF5ErG@edintfest #niqabininja pic.twitter.com/Nc7qTVUWkK
In case you missed it last weekend, I had the privilege of interviewing fellow Angry Feminist (TM) Sara Shaarawi about her biting, hilarious new comic-book-themed play, Niqabi Ninja. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/entertainment/2409901/i-just-felt-rage-it-couldve-been-me-playwright-sara-shaarawi-on-her-new-play-niqabi-ninja-the-tragic-cairo-riots-and-taking-five-scottish-cities-by-storm/
(Rebecca Baird, @rebeccabaird_)
“I really wanted to create something intimate… This is about public space, and it’s about women in public space.” Read @arusaqureshi‘s interview with Niqabi Ninja’s writer Sara Shaarawi in @TheScotsman!
I spoke to the wonderful Sara Shaarawi about Niqabi Ninja and @katieposner about You Bury Me, which both arrive at @edintfest later this month
https://trib.al/3dd1NRl (Arusa Qureshi @arusaqureshi)
Intrigued by the #NiqabiNinja art work that’s been going up in my local neighbourhood pic.twitter.com/s1NomOOn7z
— Alex McMillan (@McMillanAlex) July 20, 2021
Last night: an important listen and journey in a walking tour of a part of East London I’ve not trodden before. Thanks to #NiqabiNinja @artsadm @indartsprojects for sharing a story about Women and Egypt and showing me my own backyard in a different light. (@Beccy_Allen)
Niqabi Ninja. I’d read this as part of the Methuen Contemporary African Women writers volume, so was intrigued to see there was a production. Rather than a theatre performance, this is an audio recording you listen to whilst walking around Aldgate… https://t.co/Kpmdy3sev6
— James Martin Charlton (@jmc_fire) July 14, 2021
Review: Niqabi Ninja – Righteously furious audio performance guides audiences around the streets of Whitechapel @artsadmhttps://bit.ly/3AYml7I @TheStage
Managed to catch @artsadm ‘s online conversation with #SaraShaarawi @Evs_C and @JulianaYaz this week – and now I honestly can’t wait for #NiqabiNinja to come to Edinburgh! Friends down in London, don’t miss it! @indartsprojects @shubbakfestival https://t.co/Q5vdS5HRCr
— André Agius (@andre_agius) July 14, 2021
Niqabi Ninja articultes the anger we’re told not to feel, but it doesn’t hold you hostage to trauma. Its about feminist love and the necessity of resistance. Would love you to hear what you make of it @lolaolufemi_ @SistersUncut http://bit.ly/3qTS31p (Catrin Evans @Evs_C)
Niqabi Ninja, a graphic novel in this year’s @shubbakfestival by Egyptian playwright Sara Shaarawi, is a comic heroine who rights the wrongs of men.@layla_maghribi reports https://t.co/ICob5Fjl4s
— The National (@TheNationalNews) July 12, 2021
I ‘met’ a Cairene vigilante out for retribution on the streets of London. Niqabi Ninja by Egyptian #playwright Sara Shaarawi is a powerful audio-led journey exploring the difficult issue of #violence against #women. Do go see! @shubbakfestival #gbv #mena https://t.co/Twk2qay2kT
— Layla Maghribi (@layla_maghribi) July 12, 2021
Niqabi Ninja by Sara Shaarawi is a story that needs to be told. This theatre production is currently being performed in London as part of @shubbakfestival with @artsadm until 17 July. Check it out. Tickets here https://bit.ly/3wyUqru (Louise Marlborough @louisemjm)
“Sara Shaarawi’s writing is waspish, punchy and imagistic, capturing the tone of a graphic novel or comic.” Lily Levinson reviews Niqabi Ninja, an audio-guided art walk through Whitechapel http://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/review-niqabi-ninja-artsadmin/ (Exeunt Magazine @theatremagazine)
There’s a BSL version of #NiqabiNinja available on iPads. Just tick the #BSL box when you buy your ticket ☑️ Tickets are still available for tomorrow night, then Weds-Sat next week #accessible #bslversion @shubbakfestival @indartsprojects https://t.co/zvPzFNrrov pic.twitter.com/d4sk6TjHoO
— Artsadm*n (@artsadm) July 9, 2021
“I realized that what I was interested in, and what I’m trying to do, is connect how we’ve normalized behaviors like commenting on a stranger’s body” Sara Shaarawi in @arabnews Catch #NiqabiNinja as part of @shubbakfestival with Artsadmin until 17 July
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1891161/lifestyle
Niqabi Ninja opens today in London and I feel compelled to say this show is not trauma porn for white entertainment. I want my Arab fam to know that. I turn down a lot of projects because they are just that. Niqabi Ninja is not. It is amazing. Come see it if you can. @JulianaYaz