Famous celebrities who observe the holy month

The Egyptian-American writer created the groundbreaking comedy series Ramy, which explores issues facing western Muslims today. As the show illustrates, many of these challenges are often universal. Of course, it is a sitcom, with certain situations dialled up for laughs. “Ramy is kind of like a very [egotistical] version of me. He’s who I’m afraid of becoming,” Youssef told The National this year. “But in terms of people watching the show and thinking whether that’s me or not, that’s up to people being responsible television viewers and remembering that TV is TV.”