Fatima says she decided to write the show to offer a more nuanced view of the Pakistani-American experience in the US, and because she was frustrated by being told she wasn't "trashy enough" to portray the roles typically offered to South Asian Muslim actresses.
Fatima anasema aliamua kuandika kipindi hicho ili kutoa maoni yenye utata zaidi kuhusu uzoefu wa Wapakistani na Wamarekani nchini Marekani, na kwa sababu alichanganyikiwa kwa kuambiwa "hakuwa na ujinga wa kutosha" kuonyesha majukumu ambayo kawaida hupewa Waislamu wa Asia Kusini. waigizaji.