"There was a human side to this experience of being a Muslim American woman that was completely missing in the media, completely missing in the types of characters we see in film, TV, theater," she says. 
"Kuna mtazamo wa kibinadamu kwenye uzoefu huu wa kuwa mwanamke wa Kiislamu (tena) Mmarekani aliyekuwa anakosekana kwenye vyombo vya habari, aliyekosekana kabisa miongoni mwa wahusika tunaowaona kwenye filamu, runinga, kumbi za maonesho," anasema.