#because it shows that the writing knew how to use amira as an exposition machine for what ramadan is

[norgestan]

I just rewatched a few girl squad clips from Cris’s season, and if you remember Amira was fasting at the time and they mentioned it quite often and allowed Amira to discuss Ramadan and it’s influence in Islam. I’m just shocked that this fact was mentioned more in Cris’s season than hers and was also very delicately handled whereby there was an open dialogue between the girls and Amira. What happened to that writing?

the more i read this ask the more i think about how eskam knew how to write amira as a supporting character, but not a protagonist. the reason why i was very excited for s4 is bc amira is so much different to any other sana, and the work done with her in s2 with the little moments we get in her head seemed like such a nice way to bring us closer to the character, at the same time that they planted the seeds for conflict on her eventual season. well, i don’t even have to tell you what happened there lol.

and what you say is right. for what is worth, it seemed like ramadan was way more integral to cris’ season than it was in amira’s season. or maybe not that, but it feels like they just missed so many opportunities and at the end simply ignored what ramadan means to amira’s faith, or even the little things like what the lack of sleep/eating could be affecting to amira’s mental health and strength during the hellier weeks. reading posts from muslim people (like @nolabballgirl for example!) it looked like there were so many things about the timing of ramadan that could’ve been used to the writers’ advantage in amira’s season yet were wasted as passing comments or just straight up ignored. the fact that we didn’t get a single acknowledgment of eid is the biggest testament of that. and as many people have already pointed out, why make such a point in writing a season during ramadan if you won’t actually write a season revolving around what ramadan means for a devoted hijabi? even in skam there was an acknowledgment of ramadan’s role in sana’s growth by the end of the season, when yousef tells her on episode 9 that she still has one week to do the right thing. i think the last time ramadan was even mentioned in the show was on episode 5, where kasim tells lucas he’s going back home for the iftar. and even if i missed something on ep 6 or something, ramadan has such a big importance in islam and just dropping it to make space for kasim and dani drama was one of the worst choices of the show (among a bunch of other horrible choices).