▁refuge es ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁land ▁affected ▁them . ▁Learning ▁about ▁her ▁family ' s ▁first hand ▁experience ▁during ▁partition ▁had ▁a ▁prof ound ▁effect ▁on ▁As g har ▁and ▁her ▁work . ▁"" I ' ve ▁been ▁constantly ▁thinking ▁about ▁it , ▁and ▁looking ▁back ▁into ▁it ▁and ▁trying ▁to ▁understand ▁exactly ▁what ▁happened ," ▁she ▁said ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁ ▁Al ong ▁with ▁her ▁or phan hood , ▁the ▁legacy ▁of ▁Part ition ▁is ▁another ▁major ▁theme ▁in ▁her ▁poetry . ▁" Part ition ▁is ▁always ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁thing ▁that ▁matters ▁to ▁me ▁and ▁influ ences ▁me ," ▁she ▁once ▁said . ▁" When ▁your ▁people ▁have ▁gone ▁through ▁such ▁historical ▁violence , ▁you ▁cannot ▁sh ake ▁it ." ▁ ▁Brown ▁Girls ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁As g har ▁and ▁Sam ▁Ba iley ▁released ▁their ▁acc laimed ▁web ▁series ▁Brown ▁Girls . ▁Writ ten ▁by ▁As g har ▁and ▁directed ▁by ▁Ba iley , ▁the ▁series ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁As g har ' s ▁friendship ▁with ▁the ▁artist ▁J amil a ▁Wood s ▁and ▁their ▁experiences ▁as ▁two ▁women ▁of ▁color ▁navig ating ▁their ▁tw ent ies . ▁The ▁two ▁main ▁characters ▁are ▁a ▁que er ▁Pak ist ani - American ▁writer ▁and ▁an ▁African - American ▁music ian ▁and ▁are ▁played ▁by ▁N ab ila ▁H oss ain ▁and ▁Son ia ▁Den is ▁respectively . ▁ ▁" O ften , ▁our ▁friends ▁jo ke ▁that ▁we ▁are ▁each ▁other ’ s