Grist to the Fun Machine
The American TV series ‘Ramy’ moves beyond the pieties of representation to follow a group of ‘Bad Muslims’ with sophistication and brutal humour.
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Mazin Saleem is the author of The Prick (Open Pen, 2019) and has published short stories at 3AM Magazine, Litro Magazine, Minor Literatures, Pornokitsch, and more. He regularly writes on books, TV, and films at Strange Horizons. His substack 'Artless' on these topics and more can be found at https://mazinsaleem.substack.com.
The American TV series ‘Ramy’ moves beyond the pieties of representation to follow a group of ‘Bad Muslims’ with sophistication and brutal humour.
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