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When Nadirah Pierre entered the global world of Instagram, his herbal ability to make other people laugh was not a skill attributed in the first place to a long-term career or a path that other Muslim women dressed in the hijab can simply walk. At 15, she was simply giving satirical truths of her identity reports as a black Muslim woman from Newark, New Jersey.
“Since seventh grade, other people have laughed at the things I had to say and even if I was serious, they would still laugh one way or another,” Nadirah tells Vogue Teen. “So, for me, once I started making those videos on Instagram, I had to settle for it that it might be fun.”
Nadirah’s niche, which is composed of miniature comedy series about social netpaintings, plays polygamy, racism, intellectual health, framed positivism, etc., opening its humor to a wider audience, Muslim or not. Now 23 with over 80,0000 Instagram fans and several stand-up displays on his credit, Nadirah takes it very seriously. His paintings amplify his own saying: “No one else needs to communicate it, so I have to communicate it.”
Growing up, actresses like Monique and Luenell gave Nadirah a glimpse of who she was, braringly. Nadirah described herself as having grown “heavy”, and discovered that these women were tall, ambitious and proud, the link to which Nadirah may have gravitated much earlier in life was the lifestyle of black Muslim women in entertainment, that is, those worn by a hijab (scarf).
“As much as I knew I was Muslim, as much as I knew I was black and tall. So, to see other wonderful black women exhibit and exhibit what gave me so much comfort,” says Nadirah. “I, a dark-skinned, button-down woman who didn’t see herself in any of the satisfied and tender-ending video and TV shows. So seeing these women, though I’m probably too young, is an advent for me knowing that I’m capable and worthy of it.
Entering his acting light, Nadirah will never find his war of respect funny. At the crossroads of her identity (black Muslim woman), she has faced microagresions, wage inequality, misogynistics and systemic racism that continues to stifle black voices. And now, at a time when other people are publicly critical, they have to fire the trolls who monitor what Nadirah says and how he says it.
“Muslim men have the right to do and say almost everything they want, but Muslim women expect us to be kind, calm and onstage,” she says. “The organizer of an occasion asked me once to touch the curtain literally and I can say that I was horrified, however, it is hoped that Muslim women do not deserve a valid place anywhere other than the house. And being black and Muslim makes you absolutely obsolete. “
Regardless of the obstacles this young actress has faced, her goal is to allow young Muslim women to perceive that they are allowed to set unconventional goals and take up space.
For Peter, his ultimate purpose is to remain original and constitute an entertainment segment that shows a Muslim who actually loves his religion and is comfortably dressed with his hijab, perceived by other people, whether they like it or not. In terms of where she sees herself developing in her comedy, the purpose is to continue playing stand-up, writing and making other people laugh while drinking uncomfortable truths.
“Because other people continue to drop the ball on a proper Muslim representation with which my network and I can identify, if the opportunity arises, I’m there,” says Nadirah. “I’m willing not to be just a funny Muslim. I am in a position for others to know me and I am able to entertain others and be a part of the truth of others.”
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