SISTER: kiana (25)

SISTER: nika (21)

mother: Farah

father: Hadid

Home Location: los angeles, ca

The Sadrosadat family is a contrasting tribe of opposites. Mom and dad are self-described opposites to each other who in turn gave birth to sisters who are also the complete opposite of one another. Kiana and Nika couldn’t be more different if they tried! Each of the family members have big personalities and very different beliefs and values. This will soon be put to the test as Nika and Kiana are planning to move back home with mom and dad…

Kiana and Nika are two very cute but very opposite sisters of Persian descent. The sisters are four years apart in age and grew up very distant from one another. They are night and day; where one has a quite literal dark sense of humor, aggressive attitude and image the other is light, even-keeled and extremely passive. 

The girls grew up in a conservative home that was half-strict Islamic and half agnostic in religious beliefs. The parents are also extreme opposites but claim that is what attracted them to one another. Hadid is very conservative, passive, loving and goal orientated where mom is more of a wild spirit that is more on the creative side. Kiana is exactly like her father and Nika is just like mom! Kiana is more traditional and conservative with her style and Nika has more of a dark, grunge-revealing style that includes tiny miniskirts that really pushes the limits! Kiana is uber focused on school and is currently in a doctoral program while Nika has decided to follow mom’s footsteps and get a degree in architecture. Kiana is quiet, keeps to herself, loves gaming and does not date but Nika is a party girl with tons of friends, she’s loud and aggressive and loves to express her sexuality with whomever she feels like dating or hooking up with! Nika considers herself "pansexual" a fact that she is keeping secret from her conservative parents. She knows that if/when she comes out it’ll be a major point of contention in the family.

The sisters are even opposite when it comes to eating and sleeping! Nika has been diagnosed with narcolepsy and is a carnivore, while Kiana suffers from insomnia and is a vegan. Nika needs to sleep all the time and Kiana only sleeps an average of just two hours! With such different personalities, the girls don't see eye-to-eye on much and bicker often; Nika likes to push Kiana's buttons and Kiana is easily triggered because she can be very sensitive.

Nika lives about 30 minutes away from her parents and sister. Kiana is still living with her parents but Nika will be moving back in the next few months after their father lost his job. Everyone agrees that everyone under the same roof is a recipe for disaster. With such a bold personality, Nika runs the house and is very vocal about all the things that bother her...and EVERYTHING bothers her; what her sister wears, the noise of a normal conversation and even the way her dad breathes or chews! Her parents love her, but they also admit that she is a handful.

Kiana has a long-distance relationship with a handsome, young Muslim man who lives in Australia. Kiana vacillates between being in love and being over-him. Nika isn’t a fan and thinks that her sister could do better and thinks that she should break up with him. He has no idea and thinks that his relationship is in perfect shape, not realizing that Kiana has been close to ending things several times…

The family is at an impasse: the girls are moving back home. Dad has lost his job. Mom and dad are processing the fact that the trajectory of their daughter’s lives is not what they had imagined or planned for… Is that okay? Kiana and Nika are both navigating young adulthood and answering big questions about their identity, their jobs, career, relationships and their place in the world. Will Farrah and Hadid, being opposites, be on the same page when it comes to their daughter’s life choices? Will Nika and Kiana give each other grace as they each deepen into their own sense of extremely opposite selves, or will sibling rivalry and issues of control and fear permeate and sabotage their relationship? And through this process, will the differences between mom and dad become even more apparent and rise to the surface? Either way, this family is being forced to confront their differences whether they like it or not.