[6] Asghar's mother was from Jammu and Kashmir and fled with their family during Partition related violence.

[8] Asghar's identity as an orphan is a major theme in their work, their poem "How'd Your Parents Die Again?"

[10] Asghar attended Brown University,[11] where they majored in International Relations and Africana Studies.

[12] It was not until they were in college that Asghar learned about how the Partition of India had deeply impacted their family.

Learning about their family's firsthand experience during partition had a profound effect on Asghar and their work.

The two main characters are a queer Pakistani-American writer and an African-American musician and are played by Nabila Hossain and Sonia Denis respectively.

"[16] Brown Girls received an Emmy nomination in 2017 in the Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series category.