The Diary of a Hounslow Girl

The Diary of a Hounslow Girl is told through the eyes of a 16-year-old British Muslim teenager growing up in West London.

From traditional Pakistani weddings to fights on the night bus this is a funny, bold, provocative play highlighting the challenges of being brought up as a young woman from a traditional Muslim family alongside the temptations and influences growing up in London.

First, there was Bridget Jones’s Diary, then Legally Blonde, but now there is The Diary of a Hounslow Girl geared up to take on the world.

A comic story of dreams, aspirations and coming of age.

You’ve heard of an Essex Girl or even a Chelsea Girl but what is a Hounslow Girl? The term has become a byword for confident, young Muslim women who are grappling with traditional values, city life and fashion.
Ambreen Razia Best Newcomer 2016 Asian Media Awards

Ambreen Razia (born 1992) is an English actress and writer. She wrote and appeared in the sitcom Hounslow Diaries (2018). She has also appeared in the television series Murdered by my Father (2016), Trigonometry (2019), This Way Up (2019), Black Mirror (2019), Scrapper (2020), The Long Goodbye (2021), Starstruck (2022), The Curse (2022), and Ted Lasso (2023).In 2023, Razia secured a development deal with Expectation Entertainment to write a comedy drama series, Wasted, about a South Asian immigrant mother and daughter.BackgroundRazia was born in 1992 in South London to a Pakistani single mother. She took her grandmother's given name, Razia, as her surname. Razia graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of West London in 2013 and training at the Identity School of Acting (IDSA). Prior to this, she attended Kingston College where she studied a Btec in performing arts. She also attended Ricards Lodge School in South West London.In 2015, Razia wrote and starred in the one-woman show 'The Diary of a Hounslow Girl' at the Oval House Theatre in London. She took the show on a UK tour in 2016.That year, Razia was named best newcomer at the Asian Media Awards.