The show portrays Khan’s character facing discrimination due to her attire.
Actor Nimra Khan is set to star as the hijab-wearing lead in Umm-e-Ayesha, a new Geo Entertainment show directed by Saleem Ghanchi and produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi.
“Umm-e-Ayesha is about a girl who grew up in a mediocre [middle-class] family and was repeatedly told by her mother to cover her head [with a dupatta]. However, as she reads more about Islam she chooses to do the hijab because she believes it is better than covering oneself with a dupatta,” Khan said, adding that her character promised herself to never go before a “na mehram” [men who are not blood relatives] without her hijab.