Adiba Jaigirdar: We Are Lady Parts is a TV show that gets Muslim representation right
Adiba Jaigirdar (pictured) says We Are Lady Parts is the kind of representation that she, as a Muslim woman, wants
British sitcom We Are Lady Parts opens with its main character, Amina Hussain, sitting on a couch, sandwiched by her parents, entertaining a potential suitor and his family. That’s not atypical of media representation of Muslims, which is often only capable of portraying Muslim women as one-dimensional entities written to either fit into, or break, the mould of their stereotypes.
But We Are Lady Parts doesn’t go where you would expect. While Amina sets about trying to impress the potential suitors with more conservative Muslim values, her parents hilariously butcher her chances by suggesting she play the guitar (which her suitor’s family deems “haram”), by talking about Amina being “pre-menstrual,” and by bursting into song at an inopportune time.
