Halal Gurls

Halal Gurls is an Australian comedy-drama online series created by Vonne Patiag. The series offers a candid look into the lives of three 20-something Hijabis living their best lives in Sydney, Australia as they endure the unseen everyday culture clash between their faith and desire.
The first season of "Halal Gurls" was filmed in April 2019. The premiere trailer launched on September 8, 2019, racking up 50,000+ views in 72 hours, a record for any ABC original show. The series premiered on ABC iView on October 4, 2019 and premiered globally on the ABC Comedy Youtube channel on October 9, 2019. It has since become one of the highest viewed original series on the channel.
Since its release, the series has generated both praise and criticism over its depiction of modern Muslim women, and has been celebrated as the world's first hijabi comedy series.
Synopsis.
Mouna is a workaholic hijabi constantly caught between two worlds – the structured career-driven life she envisions for herself, and the chaotic mess of her personal life. To finally succeed, Mouna must learn to navigate an overbearing Mother, a pushy fiancée, a social-media addicted sister, gossiping packs of Hijabis and a ‘racist’ workplace to climb the corporate ladder - a seemingly impossible task. Luckily, being a tough Muslim girl in Australia, she knows a thing or two about resilience and she tackles this cross-cultural balancing act head on.
Production.
The idea for "Halal Gurls" was first conceived by Patiag when working at Hijab House, a modest fashion store based in Western Sydney. He would take lunch breaks with the shopgirls who were all Hijabi women, and soon learned they were 'fierce and funny' - unlike the stereotypes depicted on TV. Their 'resilience' inspired the characters in the show.
The first season of "Halal Gurls" was funded through the Digital First Comedy Initiative by a partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Create NSW and the Information + Cultural Exchange.
Patiag is the Showrunner and Head Writer of the series. The production collaborated with a writer's room of Muslim women to ensure all the story lines came from the community represented. 
Reception.
The series was lauded for its positive and nuanced representation of modern Muslim women, praised that its "commentary on young women in the workplace and the older white men who prevent them from succeeding, is spot on." 
The series has received some backlash in the USA, particularly with its Muslim centric storylines, with some people regarding it as 'social engineering.'
The series has been nominated for the Best Online Series - Drama or Comedy at the 2020 AACTA awards, and also for Best Screenplay - Web Series at the 2020 AWGIE awards. 