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The way they dressed Amira at the engagement party is just offensive


to all Muslim folks all over the world. There is no way a Muslim lady in HIJAB would wear such a dress that shows almost all her boobs! I mean there are Muslim girls that dont wear Hijab those can be portrayed like that but a HIJAB + such a dress is just plain ridiculous and very offensive and needless to say SO IGNORANT as well. I'm really not sure if the movie makers intended to offend Muslims (like that lame American flag story, right like an Iraqi is ever going to give a rat's azz about USA's flag..) or they were just way too damn ignorant!

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The movie trailers was ok
But this movie was so OFFENSIVE
Why did she wear Hijab share a bed drink alcohol ...nothing a Hijabi would do
God forbid
Obviously I don't know every person who know what people do but if that the story they're going for why make her muslim just to offend
I watched for Paul we sly big mistake his character was bad to....makes me wander why somebody would want to be in such crap.
Dumb movie waste of time

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i think the director or writer is ignorant about the muslim world.

if she didnt wear hijab than it may be ok to show some skin..even if she is arab and muslim.

but in this case, it is just stupid and make no sense :))

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That scene was meant to be a comedy scene and funny and to me it is. She clearly was not aware that her boobs are all out because of the motor cycle ride, after she got in the restaurant she notice it and covered it up quickly. It was clear at the beginning of the movie she used to be clothed strictly and still open-minded selling dvds in the streets where the other Muslim woman told her "what you are doing is haram you disgusting." She is a human and can do whatever she wants. There is no way a Muslim woman would share a bed with a stranger man and yet she wanted it and done it. The writer has written about this kind of specific Muslim character and not about the general Muslim woman. So this movie is not about representation of how should Muslim women always be like. We are all aware that there are worse dressed Muslim women and can be everywhere and anywhere 😝 so why the big deal?

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I'm not a Muslim, or religious, but the portrayal of Amira was riduculous as was the semi ad-libbed dialogue.

Even an Americanized, moderm Muslim woman, which she was not, wouldnot get into a bed with virtual stranger, kiss him, dress with her arm bare and her boobs out, and drink alcohol.

This looked like some fetish fantasy of the writer or director.

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