Ramina was born in Chicago from Assyrian parent, who migrated to the USA from Syria. she grew up in a traditional Assyrian family, surrounded with love and understanding. She finished her college and became a high school teacher.
Key notes
- How it all started
- The parents support
- The inspiration for her creativity
Ramina's home environment helped develop her sense of humor, but also sharpened her ability to view her Middle Eastern lifestyle with a critical eye.
My parents always supported me in what I am doing, however, they are very traditional Middle Eastern parents, so getting their seal of approval for certain videos isn't always easy.
Ramina's realised that she has a talent for acting and comedy. Her first video, Bratee (My Daughter) tells a story of a mother who complains about her daughter not waking up early enough, not cleaning well enough and not finding a husband.
The idea of the video evolved when Ramina listened to a song called Brooni (my son) sang by Australian-Assyrian band AZADOOTA.
The song talks about Assyrian mother’s passion and bias attitude towards their sons favouring them over their daughters.
Azadoota lead singer Robin Zirwanda Source: Raminarated.jpg
Ramina draws a parallel between the treatment of mothers to their children, in a satire way to amplify this topic and criticising this type of favouritism among Middle Eastern families.
Ramina says "when the video was released for the first time on facebook, within few days, it reached thousands of viewers on social media". She started receiving hundreds of comments from Assyrians around the globe congratulating and encouraging her to make more videos.
With her sharp observance and intelligence, Ramina started gathering ideas and scenarios from her daily life and created a character called YOME (My mother).
YOME is a middle-aged mother who cares so much about her son's happiness and tries to grab every opportunity to set him up with a girl to marry. YOME prefers the future daughter in-law to be a doctor.
Yome is one of favourite characters by fans Source: raminarated.jpg
The YOME video series were received very well by Assyrians around the world because they reflect the true nature of Assyrian society and culture.
Ramina then started a new series, The Real Housewives of Assyria. These episodes deal with issues related to Assyrian wives and their problems with their husbands.
These series also created great interest among Assyrian women around the globe. Ramina has been requested through messages and emails to come up with more videos of this nature.
The talents of Ramina go beyond her acting abilities. She writes, performs, shoots and edits all her videos.
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Ramina showed her singing capability by releasing Indian songs performed by her. Some viewers thought she was mimicking but it turned out in another video she posted, the singing was her actual voice.
Recently, Ramina started a new series inspired by The Ashur Drama Group singer and talented artist, Samir Bahi.
Ramina singing Indian song live Source: raminarated.jpg
Early in 90s in the last century, Ashur Drama Band released a video clip (SAY NO TO DRUGS). It was a message to the youth, to refrain from dealing or taking drugs. That video was welcomed by Assyrians around the world.
In the new version, Ramina sees the importance of the topic and presents it with a more serious angle, combining original footage of the video and inserting herself as she mimics the voice of Samir Bahi.
Ramina plans to produce more videos based on the Ashur Drama Group video clips.
Ramina in her new video: Say No to Drugs Source: raminarated.jpg
Ramina thanks her fans and particularly from Australia, who are her biggest followers.
The interview was recorded via Zoom, the video of the interview will be posted soon on SBS Assyrian page on Facebook.
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