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** [[spoiler: What was Layan's brother doing at the court in the S2 finale? While he definitely committed murder, the fact that he was with a lawyer and wearing plain clothes (instead of a prison jumpsuit) implies that he was likely acquitted (alongside the fact that he's the son of an influential politician).]]
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** [[spoiler: What was Layan's brother doing at the court in the S2 finale? While he definitely committed murder, the fact that he was with a lawyer and wearing plain clothes (instead of a prison jumpsuit) implies that he was likely acquitted (alongside the fact that he's the son of an influential politician). However, his extremely sour expression implies something didn't go the way he wished. And this assumes that his trial is even concluded.]]
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** Is Shams really a BitchInSheepsClothing who doesn't care about hurting others to succeed or does she have some [[DiagnosedByTheAudience unnamed diagnosis]] causing her behavior? Did Shams not care about the emotional damage she caused to her classmates with her documentary or did she firmly believe that she was doing the right thing and she [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realized too late her mistakes]] in pushed [[spoiler:Farah]] over the edge?
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** Is Shams really a BitchInSheepsClothing who doesn't care about hurting others to succeed or does she have some [[DiagnosedByTheAudience unnamed diagnosis]] undiagnosed disorder]] causing her behavior? Did Shams not care about the emotional damage she caused to her classmates with her documentary or did she firmly believe that she was doing the right thing and she [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realized too late her mistakes]] in pushed [[spoiler:Farah]] over the edge?
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** Hakeem's brief but cathartic cameo leaving a courtroom after being sentenced for murdering Layan.
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**[[spoiler:After the events of S1 E5, Rania becomes a nicer person, apologizing to Noaf for victim blaming her and asking Dina if she wants to hang out, despite previously bullying her. That night, she had been hit in the face by her alcoholic dad. Did him hitting her make her realize the sort of pain inflicted on others, hence her befriending Dina? Similarly, this could be why she befriended Noaf, since like her she was also a victim of male violence.]]
**Is Mariam's mom abusive, or just a bad parent with good intentions? Mariam herself never gave her a reason to doubt her, but she started to after a classroom full of girls insisted up and down that she was the culprit. That being said, she could have been convinced had Noaf not kept quiet.
**Some fans view Mariam's parents as good, as when they were told their child committed assault, they promised to punish her appropriately. In addition, unlike Layan's family, they invert traditional gender roles as her mom is a businesswoman while her dad is easygoing and fun and does the household's cooking. They also sent Mariam to a therapist after Layan insisted she was perving on her, whereas in the Middle East it's common to disown your queer kids. Detractors state that "not kicking your kid out for being gay" is a very low bar and it's possible they were hoping being gay was a phase that could be cured with therapy.
**Is Mariam's mom abusive, or just a bad parent with good intentions? Mariam herself never gave her a reason to doubt her, but she started to after a classroom full of girls insisted up and down that she was the culprit. That being said, she could have been convinced had Noaf not kept quiet.
**Some fans view Mariam's parents as good, as when they were told their child committed assault, they promised to punish her appropriately. In addition, unlike Layan's family, they invert traditional gender roles as her mom is a businesswoman while her dad is easygoing and fun and does the household's cooking. They also sent Mariam to a therapist after Layan insisted she was perving on her, whereas in the Middle East it's common to disown your queer kids. Detractors state that "not kicking your kid out for being gay" is a very low bar and it's possible they were hoping being gay was a phase that could be cured with therapy.
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* DesignatedHero: Many saw Noaf and Dinah this way. [[spoiler:They choose to befriend Layan and Rania, knowing all the bad things they did to Mariam and being wishy-washy as friends, often proclaiming one minute they'll stand by her no matter what and then leaving her the next. Not to mention, they were the ones who pressed Mariam to go through with her revenge plan after she told them she wanted to give up. They also encouraged Mariam to talk things out with Layan instead, when they hadn't experienced a degree of what she had from her.]]
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* DesignatedHero: Many saw Noaf and Dinah this way. [[spoiler:They choose to befriend Layan and Rania, knowing all the bad things they did to Mariam and being wishy-washy as friends, Dinah. [[spoiler: They often proclaiming proclaim one minute they'll stand by her Mariam no matter what and then leaving her the next. Not to mention, they They were the ones who pressed Mariam to go through with her revenge plan after she told them she wanted to give up. They also encouraged And then they choose to befriend Layan and Rania, knowing all the bad things they've done, and tell Mariam to talk things out with Layan instead, when they hadn't experienced a degree of what she had from her.stop it.]]
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%%** Jazham. Many viewers found it annoying because his character only exists to cause tension between Mariam and Dina, and in his last appearance he ends his friendship with Mariam simply because she did not want to spend time with him.
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** Dina. She is supposed to be Mariam's best friend but she abandons her in her time of greatest need for something as insignificant as a boy and then chooses to abandon her again for no reason because of the girls who ruined her friend's life.
** Jazham. Many viewers found it annoying because his character only exists to cause tension between Mariam and Dina, and in his last appearance he ends his friendship with Mariam simply because she did not want to spend time with him.
** Dina. She is supposed to be Mariam's best friend but she abandons her in her time of greatest need for something as insignificant as a boy and then chooses to abandon her again for no reason because of the girls who ruined her friend's life.
** Jazham. Many viewers found it annoying because his character only exists to cause tension between Mariam and Dina, and in his last appearance he ends his friendship with Mariam simply because she did not want to spend time with him.
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** Farah giving a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Tasneem was well regarded by viewers due to the latter's BitchInSheepsClothing behavior, especially since because of this Tasneem tries to improve as a friend.
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** Farah giving a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Tasneem was well regarded by viewers due to the latter's BitchInSheepsClothing ManipulativeBitch behavior, especially since because of this Tasneem tries to improve as a friend.
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** Dina. She is supposed to be Mariam's best friend but she abandons her in her time of greatest need for something as insignificant as a boy and then chooses to abandon her again for no reason because of the girls who ruined her friend's life.
** Jazham. Many viewers found it annoying because his character only exists to cause tension between Mariam and Dina, and in his last appearance he ends his friendship with Mariam simply because she did not want to spend time with him.
** Dina. She is supposed to be Mariam's best friend but she abandons her in her time of greatest need for something as insignificant as a boy and then chooses to abandon her again for no reason because of the girls who ruined her friend's life.
** Jazham. Many viewers found it annoying because his character only exists to cause tension between Mariam and Dina, and in his last appearance he ends his friendship with Mariam simply because she did not want to spend time with him.
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* DesignatedHero: Many saw Noaf and Dinah this way. [[spoiler:They choose to befriend Layan and Rania, knowing all the bad things they did to Mariam and being wishy-washy as friends, often proclaiming one minute they'll stand by her no matter what and then leaving her the next. Not to mention, they were the ones who pressed Mariam to go through with her revenge plan after she told them she wanted to give up. They also encouraged Mariam to talk things out with Layan instead, when they hadn't experienced a degree of what she had from her.]]
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* TheScrappy: Noaf and Dina for [[spoiler:choosing to befriend Layan and Rania, knowing all the bad things they did to Mariam and being wishy-washy as friends, often proclaiming one minute they'll stand by her no matter what and then leaving her the next. Not to mention, they were the ones who pressed Mariam to go through with her revenge plan after she told them she wanted to give up. They also encouraged Mariam to talk things out with Layan instead, when they hadn't experienced a degree of what she had from her.]]
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noaf and Dina have to be seen as heroic for abandoning Mariam's revenge plans and wanting burying the hatchet with Layan's GirlPosse, but instead they end up seeming like bad friends to Mariam because ''they'' were the ones who motivated Mariam to continue with her revenge and in the end they end up being just as apathetic as Rania (one of the bullies) regarding the harm that Layan did to Mariam. While Noaf at least had the FreudianExcuse that Layan and Rania had previously defended her, Dina without reason chooses to befriend the bullies when she is supposed to be Mariam's closest friend.
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** Many viewers (most of who are not-Arab) view Hakeem as sexually attracted to his sister, and his actions [[spoiler: at the end a result of IfICantHaveYou. When he assumes she had sex with Laith, there's an...uncomfortable shot where he puts his hands through her clothes]]. He's also extremely possessive of her.
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** Many viewers (most of who are not-Arab) view Hakeem as sexually attracted to his sister, and his actions [[spoiler: at [[spoiler:at the end a result of IfICantHaveYou. When he assumes she had sex with Laith, there's an...uncomfortable shot where he puts his hands through her clothes]]. He's also extremely possessive of her.
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** Is Shams really a BitchInSheepsClothing who doesn't care about hurting others to succeed or does she have some [[DiagnosedByTheAudience unnamed diagnosis]] causing her behavior? Did Shams not care about the emotional damage she caused to her classmates with her documentary or did she firmly believe that she was doing the right thing and she [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realized too late her mistakes]] in pushed [[spoiler:Farah]] over the edge?
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** As serious as the moment is, Mariam throws Noaf and Dina their [[Hypocrite hypocritical behavior]] back in their faces is very satisfying after the two girls ([[WithFriendsLikeThese who were her only friends]]) abandoned Mariam for Layan and Rania.
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** As serious as the moment is, Mariam throws Noaf and Dina their [[Hypocrite [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical behavior]] back in their faces is very satisfying after the two girls ([[WithFriendsLikeThese who were her only friends]]) abandoned Mariam for Layan and Rania.Rania.
** Farah giving a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Tasneem was well regarded by viewers due to the latter's BitchInSheepsClothing behavior, especially since because of this Tasneem tries to improve as a friend.
** Farah giving a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Tasneem was well regarded by viewers due to the latter's BitchInSheepsClothing behavior, especially since because of this Tasneem tries to improve as a friend.
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** As serious as the moment is, Mariam throws Noaf and Dina their [[Hypocrite hypocritical behavior]] back in their faces is very satisfying after the two girls ([[WithFriendsLikeThese who were her only friends]]) abandoned Mariam for Layan and Rania.
** Hakeem's brief but cathartic cameo leaving a courtroom after being sentenced for murdering Layan.
** As serious as the moment is, Mariam throws Noaf and Dina their [[Hypocrite hypocritical behavior]] back in their faces is very satisfying after the two girls ([[WithFriendsLikeThese who were her only friends]]) abandoned Mariam for Layan and Rania.
** Hakeem's brief but cathartic cameo leaving a courtroom after being sentenced for murdering Layan.
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** Hakeem's obsession with his sister Layan's "purity". To Westerners, his obsession with keeping her in check, his fury at seeing her clothes at another guy's house ([[spoiler: thinking she slept with him, when they actually just played in the pool for a bit]]) and him [[spoiler: being driven to kill her when he finds her with her boyfriend]] come off as IncestSubtext, CrazyJealousGuy and IfICantHaveYou all rolled into one. But in the Middle East, men with his mindset are common because familial honour is a huge part of the culture.
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** Hakeem's obsession with his sister Layan's "purity". To Westerners, his obsession with keeping her in check, his fury at seeing her clothes at another guy's house ([[spoiler: thinking ([[spoiler:thinking she slept with him, when they actually just played in the pool for a bit]]) and him [[spoiler: being driven to kill her when he finds her with her boyfriend]] come off as IncestSubtext, CrazyJealousGuy and IfICantHaveYou all rolled into one. But in the Middle East, men with his mindset are common because familial honour is a huge part of the culture.
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* EpilepticTrees: [[spoiler:Some fans believe that Principal Qadi knew all along that Layan was dating her son Laith, and supported it because she wanted him to marry into her politically powerful family.]]
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* EpilepticTrees: [[spoiler:Some fans believe that Principal Qadi Faten knew all along that Layan was dating her son Laith, and supported it because she wanted him to marry into her politically powerful family.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: Principal Qadi, the HeadInTheSandManagement headmistress of the all-girls school is played by Nadira Emran. Previously, Emran was the dub voice actress of [[Anime/MischievousTwinsTheTalesOfStClares another character]] who attended an all-girls school...except she was TheGadfly and liked bending rules.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Principal Qadi, Faten, the HeadInTheSandManagement headmistress of the all-girls school is played by Nadira Emran. Previously, Emran was the dub voice actress of [[Anime/MischievousTwinsTheTalesOfStClares another character]] who attended an all-girls school...except she was TheGadfly and liked bending rules.
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** Layan, Rania and Ruqayyah beating Maryam to near-death, because she revealed that Layan skipped school. Maryam is so bruised that she would have died had Nouf not called an ambulance. To add insult to injury, the three then ''mock her'' when they're interrogated by the police. [[spoiler: It's why many fans didn't weep for Layan when she was eventually killed in the finale.]]
** Layan accusing Maryam of sexual abuse, permanently damaging her reputation and having her suspended from school. Maryam pleads that she's innocent, but nobody, even her own mother, believes her. Even worse, the one person who knows that Maryam didn't do it, Nouf, never comes forward.
** Layan accusing Maryam of sexual abuse, permanently damaging her reputation and having her suspended from school. Maryam pleads that she's innocent, but nobody, even her own mother, believes her. Even worse, the one person who knows that Maryam didn't do it, Nouf, never comes forward.
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** Layan, Rania and Ruqayyah beating Maryam Mariam to near-death, because she revealed that Layan skipped school. Maryam Mariam is so bruised that she would have died had Nouf Noaf not called an ambulance. To add insult to injury, the three then ''mock her'' when they're interrogated by the police. [[spoiler: It's why many fans didn't weep for Layan when she was eventually killed in the finale.]]
** Layan accusingMaryam Mariam of sexual abuse, permanently damaging her reputation and having her suspended from school. Maryam Mariam pleads that she's innocent, but nobody, even her own mother, believes her. Even worse, the one person who knows that Maryam Mariam didn't do it, Nouf, Noaf, never comes forward.
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* TaintedByThePreview: While many fans were excited about the confirmation of a second season after ''three years'' of not knowing anything about the series, these same fans were quite discouraged when it was announced that the story would replace the main cast. Although this calmed down a bit with the season premiere proving to be a worthy continuation and the [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap new characters gaining their own fans]], there are still those who would prefer that season 2 pick up after the events of season 1.
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* TaintedByThePreview: While many fans were excited about the confirmation of a second season after ''three years'' of not knowing anything about the series, these same fans were quite discouraged when it was announced that the story would replace the main cast. Although this calmed down a bit with the season premiere proving to be a worthy continuation and the [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap new characters gaining their own fans]], , there are still those who would prefer that season 2 pick up after had continued with the events of first cast due to how [[ToughActToFollow superior their season 1.is considered]].
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** Hazeem's obsession with his sister Layan's "purity". To Westerners, his obsession with keeping her in check, his fury at seeing her clothes at another guy's house ([[spoiler: thinking she slept with him, when they actually just played in the pool for a bit]]) and him [[spoiler: being driven to kill her when he finds her with her boyfriend]] come off as IncestSubtext, CrazyJealousGuy and IfICantHaveYou all rolled into one. But in the Middle East, men with his mindset are common because familial honour is a huge part of the culture.
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** Hazeem's Hakeem's obsession with his sister Layan's "purity". To Westerners, his obsession with keeping her in check, his fury at seeing her clothes at another guy's house ([[spoiler: thinking she slept with him, when they actually just played in the pool for a bit]]) and him [[spoiler: being driven to kill her when he finds her with her boyfriend]] come off as IncestSubtext, CrazyJealousGuy and IfICantHaveYou all rolled into one. But in the Middle East, men with his mindset are common because familial honour is a huge part of the culture.
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* TaintedByThePreview: While many are excited about the confirmation of a second season after ''three years'' of not knowing anything about the series, these same fans were quite discouraged when it was announced that the story would replace the main cast. Although this calmed down a bit with the season premiere proving to be a worthy continuation and the [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap new characters gaining their own fans]], there are still those who would prefer that season 2 pick up after the events of season 1.
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* TaintedByThePreview: While many are fans were excited about the confirmation of a second season after ''three years'' of not knowing anything about the series, these same fans were quite discouraged when it was announced that the story would replace the main cast. Although this calmed down a bit with the season premiere proving to be a worthy continuation and the [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap new characters gaining their own fans]], there are still those who would prefer that season 2 pick up after the events of season 1.
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* TaintedByThePreview: While many are excited about the confirmation of a second season after ''three years'' of not knowing anything about the series, these same fans were quite discouraged when it was announced that the story would replace the main cast. Although this calmed down a bit with the season premiere proving to be a worthy continuation and the [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap new characters gaining their own fans]], there are still those who would prefer that season 2 pick up after the events of season 1.
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*AmericansHateTingle: The show received [[https://www.saudi24news.com/2021/08/al-rawabi-girls-school-angers-jordanians-our-lives-destinations.html backlash]] from conservative Arabs.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: In S1 E6, we see Layan's dad on the phone with someone, who he refers to as "Your Highness". Jordan is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Jordan monarchy]].
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: In S1 E6, we see Layan's dad on the phone with someone, who he refers to as "Your Highness". Jordan is a actually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Jordan monarchy]].ruled by Kings]].
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: In S1 E6, we see Layan's dad on the phone with someone, who he refers to as "Your Highness". In RealLife, Jordan is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Jordan monarchy]] ruled by a king.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: In S1 E6, we see Layan's dad on the phone with someone, who he refers to as "Your Highness". In RealLife, Jordan is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Jordan monarchy]] ruled by a king.monarchy]].
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* ItWasHisSled: [[spoiler: The AlphaBitch is slain in an act a victim of honour killing in the finale.]]
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* [[HesJustHiding She's Just Hiding]]: There are still people who believe that Layan was not killed at the end of Season 1, not only because her death was not shown on screen but also because her brother was able to shoot her in a non-lethal aerial shot of the body or alternately shoot her boyfriend who I was witnessing the events. [[spoiler: Season 2 puts this to rest by confirming in Episode 4 that she really is dead.]]
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** '''Season 1:''' Noaf and Dina for [[spoiler:choosing to befriend Layan and Rania, knowing all the bad things they did to Mariam and being wishy-washy as friends, often proclaiming one minute they'll stand by her no matter what and then leaving her the next. Not to mention, they were the ones who pressed Mariam to go through with her revenge plan after she told them she wanted to give up. They also encouraged Mariam to talk things out with Layan instead, when they hadn't experienced a degree of what she had from her.]]
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** '''Season 1:''' Noaf and Dina for [[spoiler:choosing to befriend Layan and Rania, knowing all the bad things they did to Mariam and being wishy-washy as friends, often proclaiming one minute they'll stand by her no matter what and then leaving her the next. Not to mention, they were the ones who pressed Mariam to go through with her revenge plan after she told them she wanted to give up. They also encouraged Mariam to talk things out with Layan instead, when they hadn't experienced a degree of what she had from her.]]
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* [[HesJustHiding She's Just Hiding]]: [[spoiler: There are still people who believe that Layan was not killed at the end of Season 1, not only because her death was not shown on screen but also because her brother was able to shoot her in a non-lethal aerial shot of the body or alternately shoot her boyfriend who I was witnessing the events. [[spoiler: Season 2 puts this to rest by confirming in Episode 4 that she really is dead.]]
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** '''Season 1:'''TheScrappy: Noaf and Dina for [[spoiler:choosing to befriend Layan and Rania, knowing all the bad things they did to Mariam and being wishy-washy as friends, often proclaiming one minute they'll stand by her no matter what and then leaving her the next. Not to mention, they were the ones who pressed Mariam to go through with her revenge plan after she told them she wanted to give up. They also encouraged Mariam to talk things out with Layan instead, when they hadn't experienced a degree of what she had from her.]]
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** Many girls (including Mariam, Rania, Ruqayyah and Layan) meet their boyfriends online on Facebook and not in person. In the West this would be seen as foolish because of stranger danger. But as shown by the above example, sexual repression is a huge thing in these countries.
** Might be DeliberateValuesDissonance, but Ruqayyah is slut shamed for daring to (gasp) show her hair to a guy, while Reina's ex boyfriend sexually harasses women left and right and cheats on her.
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** Many girls (including Mariam, Rania, Ruqayyah and Layan) meet their boyfriends online on Facebook and not in person. In the West this would be seen as foolish because of stranger danger. But as shown by the above example, sexual repression is a huge thing in these countries.\n** Might be DeliberateValuesDissonance, but Ruqayyah is slut shamed for daring to (gasp) show her hair to a guy, while Reina's ex boyfriend sexually harasses women left and right and cheats on her.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: It is particularly popular in Latin America, as a Spanish dub was made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBK5vt3RQeU available]] on Netflix. Viewers are intrigued by the school drama and revenge story, which is quite reminiscient of Hispanic telenovas. It's popularity from word of mouth has also resulted in a few North American fans too.
* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: The honour killing of Layan in the finale of Season 1 can be hard to watch since three months earlier that year in April, Pakistani woman named Saman Abbas was also murdered by her family for the same reason as Layan -- having a secret boyfriend.]]
* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: The honour killing of Layan in the finale of Season 1 can be hard to watch since three months earlier that year in April, Pakistani woman named Saman Abbas was also murdered by her family for the same reason as Layan -- having a secret boyfriend.]]
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: It is particularly popular in Latin America, as a Spanish dub was made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBK5vt3RQeU available]] on Netflix. Viewers are intrigued by the school drama and revenge story, which is quite reminiscient of Hispanic telenovas. It's popularity from word of mouth has also resulted in a few North American fans too.
* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: The honour killing of Layan in the finale of Season 1 can be hard to watch since three months earlier that year in April, a Pakistani woman named Saman Abbas was also murdered by her family for the same reason as Layan -- having a secret boyfriend.]]
* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: The honour killing of Layan in the finale of Season 1 can be hard to watch since three months earlier that year in April, a Pakistani woman named Saman Abbas was also murdered by her family for the same reason as Layan -- having a secret boyfriend.]]
