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Aizzah is an actress and writer from New York City by way of Mississippi. After training as a Microbiologist and working as an ads engineer at Google, she traded in her Google perks for the arts, and hasn't looked back.
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4,878 Followers, 1,612 Following, 309 Posts - Aizzah Fatima (@aizzahfatima) on Instagram: "🎭 Actor. Comedian. Filmmaker 👀 @nbclawandorder & more ☕ Maker of Chocolate Chai 🎬 Dirty Paki Lingerie @muslimgirlsdtf & @americanishfilm".
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Aizzah Fatima is known for Law & Order (1990), Americanish (2021) and High Maintenance (2016).
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Born in Saudi Arabia to Pakistani parents, Fatima and her family moved to Mississippi when she was 12. Fatima found her interest in theatre piqued by the drama program at Starkville High School, however, found it challenging to envision a future career in theatre, due to a lack of representation. Fatima pursued a path in science, earning her BS and...
Finding a dearth of roles available to her, Fatima began writing a series of monologues which would evolve into her one-woman show, Dirty Paki Lingerie. In Dirty Paki Lingerie, Fatima plays six Pakistani American Muslim women, ranging in age from 6 to 65. Through each of these characters and their stories, Fatima embodies a complex interplay betwee...
Egyptian American filmmaker Iman Zawahry saw Dirty Paki Lingerie at New York’s All For One Festival in 2012. She approached Fatima after the show, and asked her about whether she’d ever thought about making the show into a film. The pair began working on writing what would become Americanish. A break from the traditional romantic comedy, Americanis...
Looking forward, Fatima is enthusiastic about writing and producing more work, and trying her hand at directing. “I want to tell the often-untold and remarkable stories of women, immigrants, and people of color,” she says. “Each one of us has a unique story to tell that only we can tell.”
Learn about Aizzah Fatima, a Pakistani American filmmaker who created Americanish, a romantic comedy about Muslim women. She also starred in Dirty Paki Lingerie, a one-woman show that explores the experiences of six Pakistani American Muslim women.
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Oct 9, 2017 · Actor and writer Aizzah Fatima made waves in 2014 with her provocative play "Dirty Paki Lingerie" which explored what it meant to be a Muslim in the post 9/11 world.
