Homegrown

By Omar El-Khairy and Nadia Latif

Sometimes your worst self is your best self.  It's about shedding your skin – of slipping out of it, reborn – and free, finally. 

The site-specific response to the phenomenon of young people leaving Britain to join Islamic State is about to start. But Aisha, Laila and Farouk have had enough.&nbs

• Language: English
• Publisher: fly prates
• Release date: Mar 6, 2017
• ISBN: 9780995757714

Book preview

TOUR 1: AMARA & COREY

SCENE ONE

The audience overhear this conversation.

(Pause.)

AMARA [...]

(Pause.)

AMARA [...]

(Pause.)

AMARA Aren’t you –

COREY [...]

AMARA You’re just going to – like nothing happened – like you haven’t –

COREY [...]

AMARA Everyone’s seen them.

COREY Not now.

AMARA The whole fucking school.

COREY Just calm down.

AMARA Calm down?

COREY Yeah, you’re starting to embarrass yourself.

AMARA Where do you get the nerve?

COREY [...]

AMARA (Beat.) Huh? Tell me.

COREY (Beat.) You’re fit, right?

AMARA What?

COREY You’re not ugly, yes?

AMARA [...]

COREY The photos – they’re flattering.

AMARA You’re unbelievable, you /

COREY / Imagine it was – Angie. (Shuddering.) (Beat.) Gross. Or Habiba. Fuck. Her dad would behead her.

AMARA (Beat.) You’re a prick.

COREY Right.

AMARA You fucking are.

COREY Tell me something I don’t know.

AMARA Why did you do it?

COREY [...]

AMARA Huh?

COREY [...]

AMARA (Beat.) It’s been a while.

COREY [...]

AMARA You still want it.

COREY Come on now.

AMARA Is that it?

COREY Get over yourself.

AMARA You just can’t accept not getting what you want for once, can you?

COREY [...]

AMARA So, you do what you do best – and act like a spoilt little brat. (Beat.) It’s getting pathetic.

COREY You think I did –

(Beat.) The perpetual victims – always.

AMARA What did you say?

COREY I said, it’s always someone else’s fault with you. Historical legacy this, historical legacy that – you just can’t take responsibility for anything, can you?

AMARA I’m not even going to /

COREY / Look at Aisha.

AMARA What about Aisha?

COREY Technical fault?

(Beat.) You reckon?

AMARA What you trying to say?

COREY I’m saying your BFF has got herself caught up in some shit.

AMARA You’re just being a spiteful /

COREY / You don’t? (Beat.) No? (Beat.) Aisha, Farouk and Laila.

(Beat.) Nothing? You can’t – you don’t want to entertain –

AMARA [...]

COREY (Beat.) No. Fair enough.

(Beat.) You’re thinking it though.

AMARA