Today a Muslim TV Superhero Tomorrow a Muslim President!
Zari Adrianna Tomaz
You name it and Donald Trump has fought it. From Mitch McConnell to “fake news” to even his Holiness Pope Francis. But come Tuesday night Trump has a new opponent the likes of which he has never seen: Zari Adrianna Tomaz.
In fact  no one has ever seen a person like  Zari  before  at least not on American television. You see   Zari  is a Muslim superhero. And beginning Tuesday night   Zari  will become part of the cast of the CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
Add to that   Zari  will be played by Iranian-American actress Tala Ashe. So Trump can decertify the Iranian deal all he wants  but he can’t stop  Zari .
As the show’s executive producer Marc Guggenheim made clear at a press conference when discussing  Zari  joining Season 3 of the series  it’s not a coincidence that the newest addition to the cast is Muslim in the time of Trump. Guggenheim joked  “You might have heard there was this election.” He added  “Not to get political  but something that we all gravitated toward in the writer’s room was making this character Muslim.”
Just so it’s clear   Zari  will not have Muslim-esque super hero skills like the ability to haggle endlessly over prices.  Zari  actress Tala Ashe—whom I’ve been friends with for several years—told me that  Zari  can fly and wears an ancient amulet that gives her the “power to blast and manipulate the wind.” (I wish she had the power to stop Trump from tweeting!)
But as Ashe notes  the character is not defined by simply being Muslim. Rather  Zari  is a hybrid American—just like so many of us in this country. Ashe explained  “I love that  Zari  is just as American as she is Muslim.”
You name it and Donald Trump has fought it. From Mitch McConnell to “fake news” to even his Holiness Pope Francis. But come Tuesday night Trump has a new opponent the likes of which he has never seen: [TGT].
In fact  no one has ever seen a person like  Zari  before  at least not on American television. You see   Zari  is a Muslim superhero. And beginning Tuesday night   Zari  will become part of the cast of the CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
Add to that   Zari  will be played by Iranian-American actress Tala Ashe. So Trump can decertify the Iranian deal all he wants  but he can’t stop  Zari .
As the show’s executive producer Marc Guggenheim made clear at a press conference when discussing  Zari  joining Season 3 of the series  it’s not a coincidence that the newest addition to the cast is Muslim in the time of Trump. Guggenheim joked  “You might have heard there was this election.” He added  “Not to get political  but something that we all gravitated toward in the writer’s room was making this character Muslim.”
Just so it’s clear   Zari  will not have Muslim-esque super hero skills like the ability to haggle endlessly over prices.  Zari  actress Tala Ashe—whom I’ve been friends with for several years—told me that  Zari  can fly and wears an ancient amulet that gives her the “power to blast and manipulate the wind.” (I wish she had the power to stop Trump from tweeting!)
But as Ashe notes  the character is not defined by simply being Muslim. Rather  Zari  is a hybrid American—just like so many of us in this country. Ashe explained  “I love that  Zari  is just as American as she is Muslim.”