Tag: Huma Abedin

The Chatter Around the Ongoing Saga of Huma Abedin

Photo Credit: Thirteen/MetroFocus
Photo Credit: Thirteen/MetroFocus

By Guest Contributors:  Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) and Asha Sundararaman (@mixedtck)

We first started informally chatting about Hillary Clinton’s trusted aide Huma Abedin on Friday after the latest email scandal erupted. Seeing Huma and her estranged husband Anthony Weiner once again make headlines quickly inspired us to create this list of South Asian actresses who would be fantastic at playing her. While that was fun, watching Huma be dragged through the mud (AGAIN) hasn’t been.

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Who Should Play Huma Abedin in The Inevitable 2016 Campaign Movie?

Huma Abedin (Photo Credit: Thirteen/MetroFocus)
Huma Abedin (Photo Credit: Thirteen/MetroFocus)

By Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) and Asha Sundararaman (@mixedtck)

Of course Anthony Weiner had to pop up in the news during the final week of the campaign.

If you follow lots of left-leaning people on Twitter, that sentiment probably came up a lot over the course of this weekend. It also lead us, as South Asian pop culture bloggers, to ask the question that really matters: Who should play Weiner’s estranged wife Huma Abedin in the inevitable movie made about this campaign?

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A List Of Things Huma Abedin Is Not

By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi)

Huma Abedin is a senior aide to former Secretary of State (and Democratic nominee) Hillary Clinton.

Here is a list of things Huma Abedin is not:

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