And I was thinking in a very strategic way that this is probably how I’m going to have to break in, using the Arabic language and playing these roles before I get looked at as, you know, a Jessica. The series also gets into the gender divides instigated by tradition and religious law. Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Television Series (Musical or Comedy), Turkey orders Netflix to remove French film Cuties from its site, Saudi Arabia: Children’s TV show pulled from network over claims of ‘promoting idolatry’, Ramadan TV: Seven things we learned from the 2020 shows, Corona comedy: Arab women comics laugh in the face of adversity. Even more broad in characterisation is Bin Khalied (Egyptian-Dutch actor Omar Metwally), a wealthy Gulf investor who makes a habit of drinking the breast milk of a retired Lebanese porn star (Mia Khalifa) to cure himself from his sex obsession, before telling Ramy that he sold his own brother to Yemen in a business deal. We use cookies and other technologies to customize your experience, perform analytics and deliver personalized advertising on our sites, apps and newsletters and across the Internet based on your interests. “Ramy” resonates because it treats its characters’ lives with the utmost compassion. A: Season 1 is aspirational in the sense that we are watching his journey of self discovery. A: 100%. Religion isn’t just a general cultural background for the series, like Hannah Horvath’s Judaism in Girls. We’ve all had to be more deliberate in our intention to connect, so the conversations have generally felt richer and more satisfying. In the episode I really loved the heart to heart that we shared, it’s not easy to approach someone in such a vulnerable way or to receive that vulnerability back especially when it’s your parent and you always have your guard up with them. Do you carry this philosophy into your everyday life? Their struggles are universal, as are the jokes, and whether you’re a viewer excited to see a practicing Muslim leading a TV show or just a white guy looking for a good comedy to stream, “Ramy” delivers the goods. Episode 4, “Strawberries,” flashes back to Ramy at age 12, as he starts to explore his budding sexuality… right before 9/11 happens and attitudes toward Muslim Americans are forever changed. Especially with Ramy, a lot of people did not feel represented by it and had problems with it. I have to do this for myself.” For any woman who can resonate with what I just said, I think finding that independence is really is the freedom. How can you lead a life of faith in an increasingly secular world? Check out the trailer for season two below: What We Can Learn From "Mrs. America" — And Why The ERA Fight Must Continue, In "I Was Lorena Bobbitt," Dani Montalvo Sheds Light On Modern Day Domestic Abuse During Quarantine: BUST Interview, Sydney Sweeney Talks New Film "Clementine," "Euphoria," And Other Career Highlights: BUST Interview, A Vulva Owner’s Guide To Peeing Outdoors (And a Few Bonus Tips for Penis Owners, Too), Fiona Silver’s “Love Potion No. What I can say is that it doesn’t need to fulfill either of those bigger-than-thou obligations to be effective and affecting television. But Ramy’s not lazy. Equally coy is Youssef’s refusal to engage with politics. “Corona just made it an easy decision for me,” she says over our Zoom conversation. I personally didn’t want the second season to just be about a guy. She was someone that I saw 10 years ago in a movie, and I was like, “Whoa, I wish she could be my mom in something.” And the fact that it actually happened is really weird for me. Especially women, they need that representation to feel seen and accepted and to let go of a lot of their shame. The lockdown coincided with her visiting friends and family in Los Angeles. There are also some observant side characterisations, including the chaperone escorting one of Ramy’s dates; and the clingy Egyptians ambushing their American guest’s relatives for gifts. How do you experience it when Ramy seems to be poking fun at the ridiculousness of the American Muslim diaspora and at people who practice, for lack of a better word, “shortcut” Islam? And I feel grateful that I’m able to talk back to him through the reading that I’m doing. 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Growing up in Bahrain you don’t give a compliment without saying “MashaAllah” which is used to wish for God’s protection of something from the evil eye. Before, it was something I was frustrated about, like why don’t I have this one moment with her? Sex and alcohol are bad because… because… the scriptures simply say they are. They were able to make mistakes. We need more series like it, in every sense of the phrase. There’s still a bit of shying away from that. With Ramy’s second season now streaming on Hulu, Calamawy is thinking a lot about reconciling the traditions of Islam with who she’s become. Do you think it’s inevitable that the show would start confronting issues more head-on? Youssef and fellow producers Jerrod Carmichael and Bridget Bedard treat this internal conflict with the proper gravity, while incorporating plenty of clever situational comedy to help make their points (and earn some laughs). How was it actually acting out that storyline? See our Privacy Policy and Third Party Partners to learn more about the use of data and your rights. There were days that it was just weird, and people were like, “We’re just going to film the bald spot right now,” and I was like, ugh. © Middle East Eye 2020 - all rights reserved. What did that process look like? The series also gets into the gender divides instigated by tradition and religious law. I am the opposite in this respect, as I let my guard down all the time with my family and friends. Mahershala Ali’s character calls it out gently in the show. Is that for our benefit as an audience or how the characters cope with these pervasive issues? I think that her wanting to explore her sexual identity is just really her control over herself. 'Ramy' star May Calamawy, who plays Dena Hassan on the Hulu series, opened up about how her struggle with alopecia areata inspired a storyline in season 2 in an exclusive interview with InStyle. Ramy has garnered a lot of praise for bringing the stories of a Muslim family into the mainstream. So it was cathartic for me and fun to do, but I remember telling Ramy, “I don’t want this show to be about her having sex and discovering sex.” We’re past that in many, many ways. Community pressure, power and constructed identities are equally connected to how Arabs use religion in their lives. But after two seasons and 20 episodes, a coherent discourse about anything is yet to be detected. If there is sort of a loving way to just relearn that, that could be inspiring. With that, there were parts of me that were like, oh, this is going to get so much backlash. I wanted to show how there are different areas in life that we can get agency for women. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.

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