Five Muslim women find friendship and freedom in Peacock’s new comedy We Are Lady Parts.
Amina Hussain (Anjana Vasan) thinks it’s time to get married.
“Music is haram!”
Lucie Shorthouse as Momtaz, Faith Omole as Bisma, Anjana Vasan as Amina, Juliette Motamed as Ayesha, and Sarah Kameela Impey as Saira in ‘We Are Lady Parts’.Laura Radford/Peacock
glowers one severe suitor (Mikhael DeVille).
scolds her BFF Noor (Aiysha Hart), gesturing to Amina’s poster of Don McLean.
Lady Parts, Saira decrees, needs a lead guitarist.
Still, the series itself is charmingly original.
They don’t sing in a band to mock their religion; all of them respect and follow Islam.
Lady Parts makes music to remind the world that they’renotyour typical Muslim girls because there is no such thing.
Like Coel, Manzoor has a singular vision that brings fresh energy to her characters' relatable stories.
Amina copes with her alienation and loneliness through elaborate fantasy interludes.
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It’s a jubilant moment of liberation that transcends the screen.
Like any good punk song,We Are Lady Partsis short, intense, and unapologetic.
