If Ramy’s first season had Muslim viewers gasping, Season 2 will leave them stunned.
I caught up with Ibrahim just as she finished watching Season 2, and she lamented that she’s had to tell so many people that her criticisms of the show don’t mean she’s aligned against it. “I don’t think we would be having this conversation if it wasn’t a show about Muslims,” she told me. “We are actively looking for this content. We are looking for ‘representation’ that is for us, by us. I definitely think that it’s good. And we also pick it apart when we get it, because that’s what we do.
Over the phone, she called her transition “artistic activism.” “We’re having interesting conversations about choices that characters make within the context of the things that I’ve researched,” she said. “In the room, I go back-and-forth. Sometimes I put on my Islamic studies hat, then I think about what it really feels like to be an Arab American woman.”
This puts Youssef is in an untenable position. He not only has to write a compelling show with sophisticated characters but also reluctantly play ambassador for all Muslims, no matter how much he refuses to. It’s a position many of us can relate to but none of us can ever fulfill. So why do we continue to pass that mantle among ourselves?
“Every artist dreams of having that opportunity to be a part of something that’s culturally shifting,” Nakli said. “I’m always afraid of what fucking people think. You go through this as an actor, you’re always worried about what people think and the reviews say in blah, blah, blah, you know? But in the end, it’s all about the work.”
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