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I'm a comedian who happens to be Muslim; my comedy stems on all forms of my identity.

I started working at Focus on the Family doing debates and media and cultural studies.

We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid.

I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, experiences from my life.

To me, families are fascinating. I choose to explore it through comedy and through comic situations.

I sort of attract people who are interested in my comedy for being able to talk about whatever I want to talk about and not being ashamed of who I am and not hiding it.

To me, comedy is a great occupation because I don't really worry that much about what other people think of me.

I like to approach comedy from character, to have the stakes for the individuals in the story be very high.

I've always wanted to be in comedy... growing up with Asian parents and not seeing yourself represented in media - it was always just a daydream.

I write about real life as it is lived by the young American Muslim women that I've had the pleasure of meeting throughout the course of my travels as a writer and being able to speak in different places and meet different people at signings and things.