![]() Outside of countries where they are a majority, Muslims are often seen as the unmediating executioners of an abstract religion, as if their faith robs them of all other desires and conflicts. If this feels like a low bar, that’s because it is. At long last, here was a Muslim “Atlanta,” a “High Maintenance” for New Jersey Muslims. Brisk episodes, each with its own internal plotline-one episode entirely devoted to Ramy’s mother, another to his sister-stood on their own like neat vignettes. ![]() ![]() Set in New Jersey, a state with one of the highest percentages of Muslims in the U.S., the show captured the immigrant-Muslim American world in its specificity: the wallah bros with their religious hypocrisies, the masjid uncles with their haughty self-righteousness. Muslims who drank, had sex, lied to their parents, and felt guilty about it. The semi-autobiographical comedy, co-created by Ramy Youssef, an Egyptian American who plays himself, introduced us to a sweep of Muslim characters who felt real: Muslims who believed in God, but also in material things. When “Ramy” first débuted, in 2019, it was astonishingly fresh.
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