Rebellion

Scene 5 is set in the hospital after Sajid’s operation. It becomes clear as he talks to the doctor that Sajid’s behaviour is quite strange…

Act Two starts with the children secretly eating sausages and bacon because their father is out. As he returns there is panic. George tries to explain to Maneer why the Muslim faith is so important to him.

Ella confides in Annie. She feels she is cowardly for not standing up to George about the marriage arrangement.

By the canal the children all hang out together. Maneer defends his father when his siblings are critical of him. Abdul and Tariq vow they will not agree to the marriages.