Theatre

Fatima, a self-assured young Muslim woman, fled Egypt with her parents a few years ago and successfully integrated into Austrian society. She chose to wear the headscarf, the hijab, as did her friends, who ironically and defiantly call themselves "Jabbers." However, after an anti-Muslim incident at her school, her parents transferred the reluctant Fatima to another school.

There, she's the only "Jabber": The pitying tolerance and well-intentioned, but actually intrusive, openness with which people treat her makes Fatima painfully aware of her otherness, even though she handles projections and stereotypes with composure. Jonas, her classmate, soon becomes acquainted with Fatima's quick wit. The boy seems to attract trouble and makes few friends with his humor, which isn't always popular. But after initial conflicts, a connection begins to emerge. Jonas allows Fatima a glimpse behind his cool facade and tells her about his family – which, due to his father's violence, is no longer a family. A tentative love story develops between the two teenagers, threatened on several occasions: Jonas's jealous ex-girlfriend and Fatima's parents on the one hand, and Fatima's anxieties and Jonas's impulsiveness on the other – the dogma of the incompatibility of cultures seems insurmountable. But however problematic the differences are, they are not insurmountable for Fatima and Jonas.