Yasmin is about the effects of a British Muslim before and after the 9/11 period. It stars Archie panjabi who stars as Yasmin, a Muslim woman to find herself. she leads a double life at home she act as a traditional Muslim girl and at work she tries to blend in with work colleges. She also has an arrange marriage with a cousin so he can visa in the country. The first half is quite light hearted drama, but the tone of film starts to change after the 9/11 twin towers attack. She finds herself getting racial abuse from work mates, abuse from public and then her husband is falsely accused of being a terrorist. When she visit her husband to get a divorce she also finds herself being accused of having terrorist connections. From this point she starts to re-evaluate her life and her Muslim beliefs.
As being a Muslim myself i found this to be the first drama that actually gave an accurate portrayal of what Brit-Muslim went though and how they felt. Archie panjabi fantastic performance and a realistic portrayal of a Muslim. I would recommend seeing this if you want to see how Muslims really felt.I have recently seen a lot of dramas about Muslim during the 9/11 period and have not been happy with how Muslims are constantly being made out to be terrorist,so i was surprised to see a realistic drama that showed Muslim in a good light. Also this drama is based on true facts as the film makers did research in the Muslim community and asked Muslims about how they were treated during that time.
Over all i thought this was a good and realist drama and world recommend it to anyone who wants to see a realistic portrayal of British Muslims.
As being a Muslim myself i found this to be the first drama that actually gave an accurate portrayal of what Brit-Muslim went though and how they felt. Archie panjabi fantastic performance and a realistic portrayal of a Muslim. I would recommend seeing this if you want to see how Muslims really felt.I have recently seen a lot of dramas about Muslim during the 9/11 period and have not been happy with how Muslims are constantly being made out to be terrorist,so i was surprised to see a realistic drama that showed Muslim in a good light. Also this drama is based on true facts as the film makers did research in the Muslim community and asked Muslims about how they were treated during that time.
Over all i thought this was a good and realist drama and world recommend it to anyone who wants to see a realistic portrayal of British Muslims.