Maybe You Could Love Me
Sajida and Noor have been best friends since they were little, but is their love romantic? Could it be, since their Islamic sect prohibits homosexuality? This new play looks at freedom, love, and belonging between two women from elementary school to adulthood.
Samah is a Muslim Playwright and Screenwriter. Her work breaks the rules, aiming to illuminate and cherish the inner rebel inside us all. Samah is a member of the 2025 Queerframes Lab; she pitched her feature QURAN CAMP with the program at the European Film Market in early 2025. She is also a member of the 2024-2025 Geffen Writers’ Room and New West Playwrights. Her play MAYBE YOU COULD LOVE ME will be produced at Theater Mu and Mixed Blood Theater this Fall. Her work was featured on three Black List Diversity lists in 2024 (GLAAD, Muslim, and Georgia). QURAN CAMP was a 1497 Feature Lab Finalist and was on the MUBI/WScripted Second Annual Cannes Screenplay List. Samah was the Writer’s Assistant on ABC/Hulu’s GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY. She was the Showrunner’s Assistant to Katie Robbins on A24/Apple TV+’s SUNNY. Samah received her MFA in Screenwriting/Playwriting from Northwestern University. She is represented by Amplified Management and IAG.
