This issue of the magazine 'Theater' features a special section dedicated to the first English translation of Adelheid Roosen’s play 'The veiled monologues'. Based on Roosen’s interviews with hundreds of Muslim women from around the world who emigrated to the Netherlands, the monologues, delivered onstage by Dutch Muslim actresses, reveal the challenges for Muslim women as they contend with issues of intimacy, sexuality, and love across complicated cultural and political divides. The issue also explores other artistic encounters between the Muslim world and the West and the ways that individual theater practitioners and productions have recently attempted to bridge cultural conflicts.. .In addition to the full text of 'The veiled monologues', an introductory essay discusses the play’s early production in the Netherlands, situating the project in the context of the country’s explosive debates over immigration and assimilation following the 2003 assassination of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh.