AUQ-BALIK (YOU'RE NEXT)
AUQ-BALIK (YOU'RE NEXT)
Television (Half-hour)
· Comedy · 34 pages
Status: Spec
After a lifetime of being steeped in a marriage-obsessed culture, Marina upsets the status quo when she prioritizes her career over finding a spouse. Unfortunately, her aspirations are no match for her devout mother and thousands of years of tradition. (Single-cam)
Written by
Mariam Girgis
1 Writer
Los Angeles, California
MARIAM GIRGIS is an Egyptian-American comedy writer, with one Mexican-American kidney. Her voice is one of levity and optimism flanked by the humanity of grief and trauma — the narrative equivalent of chocolate-covered pretzels!
She has years of experience as writers' room support staff. More recently, she wrote for THE GHOST AND MOLLY MCGEE on ...
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Mariam Girgis is an Egyptian-American comedy writer with one Mexican-American kidney: as an organ transplant recipient and child of immigrants, Mariam is wildly familiar with finding humor in otherwise traumatic situations, the pressures of assimilation and cultural whiplash. With a writing credit on Disney’s THE GHOST AND MOLLY MCGEE and currently a Writer’s Assistant on Paramount’s THE GAME, Mariam brings a hilariously unique perspective to her rooms, and after all, was blessed by the one and only Dolly Parton. A gift to any room, Mariam is seeking representation and staffing opportunities.
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Additional Project Info
Advanced in the 2021 Sundance Episodic Lab.