‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ Welcomes Middle Eastern ‘Housewife’?

It’s safe to say representation of the Middle Eastern community in the media is inaccurate at worst and scarce at best.

Fortunately, Bravo’s ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta‘ now seems to be on course to fly the flag for diversity once again with the help of lawyer/ ‘Wife’ Phaedra Parks.

How?

The unconfirmed arrival of Maryam Aytac.

Details below…

Once a ‘Housewives’ season ends its show runners meet up to assess the show’s progress.

In these meetings, thoughts are given to how they can boost ratings with its existing cast members or potential replacements.

At this point, said potentials are required to shoot scenes/audition with existing ‘Wives’ and, should they impress the show’s producers, Bravo and its parent company NBC, will be welcomed to the series.

In some cases, these potentials can often be wheeled in at the eleventh filming hour after being rejected to replace a ‘Wife’ who may choose to leave the season while it is being filmed (see Kim Zolciak‘s surprise exit in Season 5.)

This year, Bravo has teamed up with the aforementioned Parks and her cast mate Porsha Williams to receive the Middle Eastern entrepreneur Maryam and her husband Kemal.

A video posted by The Real Housewives of Atlanta (@therealhousewivesofatlanta) on May 1, 2016 at 11:02am PDT

Aytac was spotted with Parks and Williams earlier this week as she shoots “test scenes” for the series’ ninth cycle and at a gathering held at her business, Cafe Istanbul.

Dinner with the LadieZ .. @cafeistanbulatlanta .. LadieZ Night .. Cafe Istanbul 3 .. Alpharetta location .. #ladiesnight #funnightZ #persian #friendships #laughs ? @porsha4real @phaedraparks

A photo posted by maryamaytac1 (@maryamaytac1) on Apr 27, 2016 at 1:12pm PDT

Unconfirmed reports also suggest that the thriving business woman is one of three hopefuls being eyed by Bravo to join the series.

Casting decisions for the season are yet to be finalised.

#NowWatching: ‘Reel Bad Arabs.’