The Day Naguib Mahfouz Was Stabbed in The Neck And Almost Died
(a.k.a The Selkie Play)
by Denmo Ibrahim
Commissioned by Crowded Fire Theatre
*Sundance Theatre Lab Finalist
Her father was a fisherman, her mother was a fish, or at least that’s what Raheem believes when her mother went out to sea and never came back. In this lyrical story on family, faith and food, we journey to the depths of one woman’s struggle of mixed heritage to understand who she is by where she came from.
(Lights up on Raheem. She cleans a fish)
RAHEEM
I remember fragments of her.
A saying or phrase, her stories,
The way she moved.
The feel of her skin,
Strong and supple, warm to the touch.
But now, So much disappears, is lost.
Mostly I remember her smell.
Salt and water. Like freshly caught fish. 