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Tell if someone exactly knows anyone who's against this relationship from their friends and family?

I'm seeing few takes - one, what did Hamna do to deserve Zamil and two that Abu Bakr had a double standard for Zaryab because he is attracted to her looks/appearance where he wasn't attracted to Hamna's. I personally don't feel that is the premise in the drama and may be people reading too much into the story, here are my thoughts

1. It's not about Hamna being inherently bad to deserve Zamil - there are plenty of women who get into toxic marriages and the blame shouldn't be on a woman for the toxic traits of a man. Imo, their relationship is commentary about how men, who themselves, were complicit in sins suddenly believe they deserve a pure/naive girl after turning around. And for a lot of men, that is either a girl who is younger/lower class, which Hamna is. I think UA is doing a decent job picking up online incel trends because "girl back home from the village" is a very common theme I've seen from men who want a girl who they think will be "more agreeable" in that way.

I think there's another subtle commentary that just because girls are from such a status, doesn't mean they also never desired other men in the past, which is the case for Hamna. I don't think that is mean to vilify her, but just show that status doesn't necessarily mean a girl is as stupid as she's perceived to be.

2. Double standard for Hamna vs Zaryab - I feel like Zaryab and Hamna's encounter with Abu Bakr aren't comparable. Hamna is much younger and in matric from what we know and honestly that's enough of a reason for him to not look at her the same way. Moreover, she made a mistake with a boy her age and Abu Bakr intervened so that she could have a second chance and focus on finishing her studies. Instead, she ended up stalking him, which lead to questioning his mom's reputation in the neighborhood and a risk of her own safety. I think his frustration was justified.

Now of course, that begs the question why is he tolerating Zaryab - technically both he and Zaryab consented to this relationship* (not the case for Hamna) - I add an asterisk because of course it's not from a genuine place - Zaryab herself asked to marry Abu Bakr as a consolation for Zamil's words that no practicing Muslim would ever marry her. Abu Bakr himself consented mainly because of the weight of Kishwer and Khushbakth's relationship. We don't know yet what ahsan she did that was so great that Khushbakth is prepared to do anything, but having their families be linked that way is a big differentiator between Zaryab and Hamna's stories.

I personally do not think it has anything to do with looks, I feel that's more of an audience perception. I think both Zaryab and Hamna are pretty in their own way.

That being said, I do think that the drama should give a chance to explore what privileges Zaryab has versus Hamna because of class - it seems Hamna's desperation for a man comes from the easiest escape from her home situation. Even though I can understand Abu Bakr's frustration that she chose to continue to chase men rather than focus on school, maybe it's because finding a good man would be a much more realistic way for her to escape a possibly abusive home situation than securing an education and financial independence, especially as a lower class person where the stakes are much harder. Very different from Zaryab who has access to world class education and higher chance to not need to be dependent on a man, so I feel like Hamna shouldn't be vilified, rather be seen with empathy as her circumstances likely play a large part in her behavior.