Shabnam

[Deleted User] · 26/07/14 - 00:39

Did Eastenders forget she's a bitch? She's growing on me, surprisingly fast. I'm only just catching up on Thursdays ep so hope I don't have to eat my words, but liking the masoods in this ep and hoping it continues. Though, her hijab clashes horribly with the Minute Mart uniform.

Scrabbler · 26/07/14 - 00:41

Shah nam would be my best friend in real life. I have loved her character right from her reintroduction.

0...0 · 26/07/14 - 00:42

I don't think she is a bitch. It was the usual EE trope of a new/recurring character being horrible to get attention, then miraculously mellowing.

[Deleted User] · 26/07/14 - 00:43

Even when she was a bitch, it was still good to have a strong woman with principles. At the end of the day, she said what we all would have thought if we'd walked in to Walford IRL!

GeekInfected · 26/07/14 - 01:37

I still don't get why the magicked her into a 24 hour racist and then just leave it. Her continuity since returning had been hella poor. I pray the writers clean up their act in regards to her. They should stop trying to make her into another Zainab - there's only one. I'd like to see her being arranged a suitor by Bushra and actually having the relationship work. How revolutionary would it be for a soap to respect the idea that people sometimes stick to their beliefs and don't trade it in for a one night stand or a secret craving to see what beer tastes like.
Get Shabnam a Muslim husband, have them work in the pharmacy and have them look down their noses at Masoods.

issy17 · 26/07/14 - 01:45

GeekInfected wrote: »

I still don't get why the magicked her into a 24 hour racist and then just leave it. Her continuity since returning had been hella poor. I pray the writers clean up their act in regards to her. They should stop trying to make her into another Zainab - there's only one. I'd like to see her being arranged a suitor by Bushra and actually having the relationship work. How revolutionary would it be for a soap to respect the idea that people sometimes stick to their beliefs and don't trade it in for a one night stand or a secret craving to see what beer tastes like.
Get Shabnam a Muslim husband, have them work in the pharmacy and have them look down their noses at Masoods.

Completely agree.

Rick_Poppa · 26/07/14 - 07:49

GeekInfected wrote: »

I still don't get why the magicked her into a 24 hour racist and then just leave it. Her continuity since returning had been hella poor. I pray the writers clean up their act in regards to her. They should stop trying to make her into another Zainab - there's only one. I'd like to see her being arranged a suitor by Bushra and actually having the relationship work. How revolutionary would it be for a soap to respect the idea that people sometimes stick to their beliefs and don't trade it in for a one night stand or a secret craving to see what beer tastes like.
Get Shabnam a Muslim husband, have them work in the pharmacy and have them look down their noses at Masoods.

Because modern day Britain is not like that, sadly.... I know plenty of Muslim males in Leeds who have wives or girlfriends but also cheat and sleep with men on the side and probably think nothing of it.....

Speaking of Shabnam, I am STILL waiting to find out what her BIG secret is!!

[Deleted User] · 26/07/14 - 08:14

Would be interesting if she had had an abortion and her regret is what turned her to Islam.

Scrabbler · 26/07/14 - 08:18

tini wrote: »

Even when she was a bitch, it was still good to have a strong woman with principles. At the end of the day, she said what we all would have thought if we'd walked in to Walford IRL!

I would be terrible if I lived there. You think the gossips bad now, it would increase tenfold

Hit Em Up Style · 26/07/14 - 11:04

I wonder why they delayed her 'secret' being revealed until the autumn? I hope its because a certain Zainab is on her way back

GeekInfected · 26/07/14 - 12:56

Rick_Poppa wrote: »

Because modern day Britain is not like that, sadly.... I know plenty of Muslim males in Leeds who have wives or girlfriends but also cheat and sleep with men on the side and probably think nothing of it.....

Speaking of Shabnam, I am STILL waiting to find out what her BIG secret is!!

I know plenty of men AND women like that in London, but I would never use their misconduct as a staple of Islam in modern day Britain. Pretty mindless thing to say to be honest, because I know an even larger proportion of Muslims that could take that to offence.

Speaking of Shabnam, I think the fact that there's been no build-up is a bit disappointing and I would have at least expected them to give us a bit of a drumroll, but I fear that when the secret does come out it'll feel a bit random and disjointed - we know more about the new influx of Carters than we know of Shabnam, which is even more disappointing, but I'll still look forward to finding out if the "big secret" is enough to redeem her character for me..

0...0 · 26/07/14 - 13:19

Hit Em Up Style wrote: »

I wonder why they delayed her 'secret' being revealed until the autumn? I hope its because a certain Zainab is on her way back

I would love that!

0...0 · 26/07/14 - 13:21

GeekInfected wrote: »

I know plenty of men AND women like that in London, but I would never use their misconduct as a staple of Islam in modern day Britain. Pretty mindless thing to say to be honest, because I know an even larger proportion of Muslims that could take that to offence.

Speaking of Shabnam, I think the fact that there's been no build-up is a bit disappointing and I would have at least expected them to give us a bit of a drumroll, but I fear that when the secret does come out it'll feel a bit random and disjointed - we know more about the new influx of Carters than we know of Shabnam, which is even more disappointing, but I'll still look forward to finding out if the "big secret" is enough to redeem her character for me..

Hopefully something meaningful.
Not that she conned a bloke in Pakistan to get a burger van!

walford-e20 · 26/07/14 - 13:26

I thought she was going to get with Lee.

Ste_Murray · 26/07/14 - 15:28

DTC has said she has a massive story coming up a the end of summer and we find out what really happened why she was away

[Deleted User] · 27/07/14 - 15:14

It would be better if she got with Lee. It would be so interesting. Lee and Whitney are boring.

QueenAmy · 27/07/14 - 15:20

I don't think she's a bitch, she's just the Zainab type of character, just brutally honest
I still find it hilarious how people called her 'racist' against white people, when I'm white and I didn't take what she said racially at all

LM · 27/07/14 - 15:52

I like her. She isn't a bitch. She's been away for years and she came back to see her family has fallen apart. A brother who is gay, married and now living away. Her parents splitting up. Tamwar falling ever deep in his self pity. She missed a lot. She likely feels responsible for not being there to help.

She has become a victim of another storyline being sidelined for a long time at the moment. She was brought back about six months ago and we still don't know her secret.

Harlowe · 27/07/14 - 15:55

She just a very blunt person, not necessarily a bitchy, as for the 'racist' undertones I think it was interesting to see it from a different perspective and I wouldn't exactly call it racist but she gone from living in a westernized lifestyle and having opinions that are not atoned to a traditional Muslim upbringing, she was gone for six years living Pakistan seeing a very different way of life, how can she not change as a person.

She comes home to divorce parents, a divorce brother and reckless father dating a white woman with a dubious history, it's not the moral views she has or had growing up, let's be honest anyone who isn't her mother will always be a problem for her.

GeekInfected · 27/07/14 - 16:15

0...0 wrote: »

Hopefully something meaningful.
Not that she conned a bloke in Pakistan to get a burger van!

Ha ha! This would be funny! I'd love if she did an Alfie and the big twist comes from the fact that the meat isn't halal

:o:o - that would most definitely send serious shockwaves through the square...

MrJames · 27/07/14 - 17:06

She's still got a bitchy tone but now it is being used for comedy.

She's AMAZING. I love her. Really hope she comes to the fore this Autumn.

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