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Rabat- The controversial play entitled “Diali”, meaning “mine” in Moroccan dialect and is also a veiled reference to the female genital organ, will be performed at the Arab World Institute in Paris on Saturday, April 11 at 8 p.m.
Noria Ben Brahim, the heroine of the play, as well as Amal Benhaddou and Farida Elbouazaoui will perform the play in Darija, Morocco’s language.
Written in 2012 by Maha Sano from the testimonies of around 150 Moroccan women about their sexuality, the play is a narrative conversation about women and their gender, sexuality, experiences, adventures, along with funny or depressing stories.
For the playwright Naima Zitan, the goal of this provocative play is to break taboos about female sexuality and promote women’s liberation in a culture that represses expressions about female bodies and sexuality.
According to Zitan, the provocative title of her play is partly influenced by the American play “The Vagina Monologue”, written by the feminist Eve Ensler.
While this choice alone was enough to draw harsh criticism, many also objected to the actual reference to the female sexual organ by Noria Ben Brahim.
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