Natasha Lyonne and Alia Shawkat team for an Amazon series about a family of Iraqi immigrants who start a gentleman's club in Palm Springs

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Shawkat, who grew up in Palm Springs and whose father is from Iraq, is poised to star in the potential series, titled Desert People. She'll play the parents' adult daughter in Los Angeles who is coming to terms with her sexuality and identity as a first generation American. Shawkat and Lyonne co-created the series, with Shawkat set to serve as the primary writer in what would be her first writing credit for a TV series.