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Man Like Mobeen (2017)

Man Like Mobeen poster
Genre
sitcom
Country
United Kingdom
Length
5 seasons, 23 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former drug dealer in Birmingham tries to raise his younger sister and live a good life as a Muslim. The show is about family, community, and trying to do the right thing.

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What happens

Man Like Mobeen is a British comedy-drama television series created by Guz Khan and Andy Milligan, which premiered on BBC Three on 17 December 2017. It stars Khan as Mobeen, a former drug dealer living in the Small Heath area of Birmingham, and follows his efforts to live a good life as a Muslim while raising his younger sister Aqsa in the absence of their parents. The series has been praised for its relatable characters and depictions of working-class West Midlands life and British Pakistani-Muslim culture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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