Sevil (1928 play)

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	Screen version of the opera from 1970

Sevil is a play by Azerbaijani playwright Jafar Jabbarly written in 1928. It focused on the theme of the role of women, their oppression, struggle, and ultimately, victory over dated patriarchal traditions.^[1]^[2]^[3] Many women discarded their veils in the city theater after seeing the play.^[4]

Later adaptations of the play were less extreme compared to the original.^[5] It was made into a film with the same title in 1929, which was shown throughout Central Asia and the Caucasus.^[6]

^ Heyat 2002, pp. 98–102
^ Jafar Jabbarly: Film Activity (archived)
^ Jafar Jabbarly: Third period of the writer's creative activity (1928-1934) (archived)
^ Bodman, Herbert (co-editor) (1998). Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity within Unity. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO. ISBN 1555875785. p. 146.
^ Heyat 2002, p. 101
^ Heyat 2002, p. 99

[1] Heyat 2002, pp. 98–102

[2] Jafar Jabbarly: Film Activity (archived)

[3] Jafar Jabbarly: Third period of the writer's creative activity (1928-1934) (archived)

[4] Bodman, Herbert (co-editor) (1998). Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity within Unity. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO. ISBN 1555875785. p. 146.

[5] Heyat 2002, p. 101

[6] Heyat 2002, p. 99

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