Jihad! The Musical is a musical comedy and jihad satire.
The show was written by Benjamin Scheuer (music/lyrics) and Zoe Samuel (book/lyrics). Jihad! The Musical premiered at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and had a London run at the Jermyn Street Theatre in January 2010.Michael Billington, "Jihad! The Musical", The Guardian, 15 January 2010.
The plot centers on an ambitious Afghan peasant, Sayid al Boom, recruited by a "smooth-talking Islamic fundamentalist in a pinstripe suit" named Hussein Al Mansour.
The show features a number in which a high-kicking chorus line of dancers swathed head to toe in hot-pink burqas back al Mansour up as he sings, "I wanna be like Osama, I wanna bomb a path to fame across the Earth. People may abhor me but by God, they won't ignore me, When the CIA determines what I'm worth."
External links I Wanna be Like Osama, a song and dance number with burqas.
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