First of all, the story line was non existing. I didn't see the point of the film until 9/11 occurred. All I witnessed were bad representations of stereotypes, bad acting and you could say offensive characters. We'll start with that fact that only one person could act and that was Renu Setna who played Khalid (the father). He portrayed a good example of a traditional Muslim father and for that I have to give him credit. Although I have read that Archie Panjabi is a wonderful actress I did not see this the main point being her accent was horrendous. Not even to mention Steve Jackson's (John) diabolic performance - he can not act to save his life.Also I have to say that the fact the scene of this poor elderly woman not realising the cameras helping the Muslim lady being discriminated was left in to draw the audience - shows how bad the rest of the screen writing was.

..is about the problems and conflicts of a traditional but educated Muslim woman, called Yasmin, trying to live a modern "Western" life, especially after 9/11. The main characters are Yasmin, her family and her colleague John Bailey. The protagonist Yasmin Husseini tries to live and handle two lives. On the one hand, she cares according to tradition for her family, on the other hand she is a social worker in a bigger town and feels attracted to her English colleague John Bailey. She absolutely keeps her two lives apart from each other. But after 9/ 11 her life changes completely… The director wants the audience to think about prejudices against minorities and sticks to the message that nobody has the right to judge others just because of their religion or culture. If you like to learn more about the problems of ethnic minorities in England you should watch that movie because it shows the contrast between traditional and modern lifestyle in an extremely shocking way. It offers the view from the eyes of a Muslim foreign woman. It's critical, sarcastic and very interesting!

The film "Yasmin" by Kenny Glenaan depicts the effects September 11, 2001 has had on the Muslim community in England. Yasmin, a young woman, and her hometown in North England act as an example of the growing tensions between Muslims and Non-Muslims. Yasmin's place between the two worlds is endangered by the bogus marriage with her cousin Faysal, who is not able to cope with his new home, and by the distrust she experiences at work and even in her free time. In the end, she has to find her own way and learn to accept her own roots.Yasmin herself is an emancipated and rather modern woman who seems to be full of the joys of life. Her two worlds are represented by her father, the custodian of the local mosque, who is a very traditional man although he allows her a lot of freedom, and by her friend John, an Englishman, who does not know about Yasmin's other life. The latter is also the one I can identify with most because he is abruptly pulled into a conflict of religions he really only knows from television and so he reacts with rejection to protect himself. Yasmin's own brother Nasir also leads two lives. As a good Muslim he helps his father at the mosque, but drugs in his spare time he deals. The roles of the victim and the culprit as we often see them are reversed in this film, and Kenny Glenaan shows that the Muslim world, as incomprehensible and unfamiliar it might be to others, has had to suffer in its own way since 9/11. Around this complex storyline Glenaan creates an atmosphere which, on the one hand, is very tense and sometimes even arouses a feeling of hopelessness when Yasmin is with her family, and, on the other hand, is full of prejudices, narrow-mindedness and mistrust whenever she enters the "other world". When Yasmin's two worlds clash, you can easily imagine the lack of prospects she experiences and the struggle to maintain her own identity. "Yasmin" is an intelligent film with a complex storyline portraying the Muslim community in England after September 11, 2001. It presents a different point of view to the conflict of cultures and makes you think about your own position in the multicultural world.

Lia MarthThe movie "Yasmin" by Kenny Glenaan, produced in 2004 ,tells the story of a young Muslim woman in England. She tries to combine living the new western lifestyle, working in town and seeing an Englisman called John with being a good Muslim daughter to her old religious father. This is not always easy but she has her ways to deal with it. All of a sudden on September the 11th 2001 everything changes. As tension between the western and the Islamic world increases people start to treat Yasmin differently. Because she is Muslim her colleagues make fun of her and she is suspended from work finally . And as if that had not been enough, she gets into trouble with her family, too. The cause of Yasmin's problems with her father is the marriage with Faysal, who she only married on her father's will so that he can get the English citizenship.Yasmin rejects Faysal, and so it is even harder for him to get used to the new culture and circumstances. But not only Faysal has his problems with living in England. Nasir, Yasmin's younger brother has been a drug dealer for quite some time. This might not be the best avocation but with September 11th Nasir's live takes such a rapid turn that one would even figure this job, to be better than what he sees as his philosophy of life then. He meets new people who sway him so extremely that he decides to become part of a fanatic branch. This is the feature of the film that I figure the most impotent. Yasmin is a good example of all the everyday struggle Muslims had to handle in this time. But the story of Nasir is the most touching part of the whole film. It brought tears to my eyes. He decides to go to Palestine. He will most probably kill himself! He is really convinced of all this hatred that he is preached . This is so dramatic to me because he could be every young Muslim having problems in a culture that is not his origin and searching for a sense in life.I recommend this film to everyone who has a good heart and who sympathizes with people that might not have such a good and easy life as most of us Germans do.