British Actress Zoha Rahman to be the First Hijaab Wielding Character of Marvel Movies

Pakistani-British actress Zoha Rahman is playing the first ever Hijaabi character is Marvel movie’s blockbuster Spiderman; Far from home. Zoha plays the role of peter parker’s hijaab wielding Muslim friend in the movie.

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First day on set for @spidermanmovie was so overwhelming and exciting and crazy, ALL my senses were tingling 🕷 Thankyou for all your support and all your love! I can’t wait for you guys to see it, you can already book tickets!

A post shared by Zoha (@zoha_purplemush) on May 10, 2019 at 5:00am PDT

Zoha Rahman believes that Muslim identity is used as an agenda in the media [Courtesy: Aljazeera]. After the first trailer of the movie was out, the fans were quick to notice the hijabi character. In several Hollywood movies, Muslims are always shown as radical and stereotyped as villains from middle eastern countries. Therefore, a character so close as peter parker’s friend itself, wearing hijaab is a big deal for sure which lead to a social media frenzy.

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This is the hardest, and by far the best secret I’ve ever had to keep. . . When I was asked if I was happy to wear a hijab for this role I basically jumped into it, full force, sent selfies in a dupatta as a hijab straight away to the casting director. . . You see, I was a little brown girl who watched movies and adverts and tv shows and cartoons and billboards but never saw herself. So this was a private little mission, to see myself where little brown girls didn’t belong. And as this grew, I realised how selfish I had been to think I was the only one thinking and feeling and hoping the way I was. So this one’s for all of us little brown girls, all of us little girls, all of us little boys, all of us changing the stories we tell from now on ✨ . . 📸 PC @remyhii 📸

A post shared by Zoha (@zoha_purplemush) on Jan 20, 2019 at 3:05am PST

The British actress, who immigrated to the UK with family, was studied law before landing into the career of fashion and acting. Surely it was a risky decision to change careers halfway through her masters, but it paid off well. Zoha then, have been offered several high profile campaigns that include Qatar Airways, Fifa Worldcup and Marvel blockbuster Spiderman itself. This brown girl from Pakistan is surely going to places. Way to go girl. We wish you all the good luck.