“Everyone was so nervous about Malala arriving…” says actor Anjana Vasan, reflecting on the day that the Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai casually rocked up on the set of Channel 4’s hit comedy We Are Lady Parts.
Vasan stars as Amina, a Don McLean-obsessed microbiology PhD student who becomes the unlikely lead guitarist in a punk band called Lady Parts. All four members are Muslim women, and pen sharply witty, raucous songs with titles such as Voldemort Under My Headscarf, Ain’t No One Gonna Honour Kill My Sister But Me, and Malala Made Me Do It.
