Sahar is an apparently yielded and regular Iranian house wife. Caught in an early marriage with a man three times her age, she tried to stall but with her parents came the final decision. Thus, her choice was only to beckon such a rotting relationship.
She dwells in a small town near Tehran. Teal-green house, two floors, terrace… the typical building layout of an ordinary Arabian house.
Flustered, she only wishes to follow her dreams, dreams hidden beneath the burka. Dreams that are so hard for her culture to fathom that she fears, constantly, for her life. Doubted with a gleaming talent for music and tune mixing, despite her scarce education, she argues daily wit Abdul, her bellowing husband.
In truth, she wants to come to the United States to become a professional DJ. Although sagely following her mate`s orders, she is much more than meets the eye. More than all the cleaning, the cooking and the ironing… Her passion exceeds all boundaries when it comes to Disco Music and Break dance. Many advices are given to her from all her foreign contacts regarding her music, contacts that she must hide from all her community.
Abdul has another wife, though, Sairah. She was his first, aged forty-five… benefits of the Muslim polygamy. What Abdul didn’t unravel yet is the intimate relationship between his two wives or else he would doggedly send both to death by stoning. Homosexuality is by far one of the highest heresies in Iran. Sairah promises Sahar that she would go with her to the States, follow her anywhere to pursue her dreams but, deep inside, the last knows that the eldest would never have the courage to run away and start over.
Such a character should have never been born in an extremist Arabic country. Such a woman should have never been born, sixteen years ago, on October 30th, as the dusk fell over the Iranian desert.
Pedro Carneiro, Miguel Andrade, Gonçalo Parracho [12º1B] e Tomás Silveira [12º1A]
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