Does My Bomb Look Big In This?

Tamasha and Nyla Levy present

Yasmin Sheikh feels torn in the city she used to call home, but Aisha sees a different London to her best friend. When Yasmin suddenly disappears to Syria, Aisha embarks on a mission to uncover the truth and decide whether there is any hope in Yasmin’s new-found world.

With fierce wit and disarming honesty, DOES MY BOMB LOOK BIG IN THIS? cleverly unveils a human story behind the headlines and questions how close or far we are from multicultural harmony.

First conceived in 2016 after being cast in roles as a ‘jihadi bride’ or ‘terrorist girlfriend’ and generally dissatisfied with the narrative being told, Nyla Levy ran research workshops with school children and interviewed Muslim community leaders as well as terrorism defence solicitor Tasnime Akunjee. The result voices the complexities of the choices made by disaffected youth, their vulnerability, and how the decisions made can change lives, communities and countries forever.

Nyla Levy in The Observer ‘I pieced together what I knew of girls who have gone to Syria’

Does My Bomb Look Big In This? playwright Nyla Levy on exploring the grooming of Western schoolgirls by Isis in The i Paper

Supported by:

Amal (a Saïd Foundation programme)

Royal Victoria Hall Foundation

With special thanks to Ben Adler, Mitch Polley, Subi & Simon North, Al & Dags Polley, Ben Bardon, Irvine Naqvi, Fadia Qaraman, Zaynab Zangie, Natalie Abizadeh, and Samir A, for donating via Indiegogo.

Running time: approximately 80 minutes
Age guidance 14+ (contains strong language)

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