Little Mosque on the Prairie
Zarqa Nawaz had a hit show, then a decade-long dry spell. She’s ready for her second act.
She had a hit with Little Mosque on the Prairie. Then came a years-long creative slump–until she landed a book deal and TV series on the same day.
What Little Mosque on the Prairie Would Be Like Today
With hate crimes against Muslims rising, Zarqa Nawaz talks about how her show would play now
Book review: Laughing All the Way to the Mosque
Zarqa Nawaz, the creator of ‘Little Mosque on the Prairie’, chronicles her misadventures inside her community
Little Mosque star Zaib Shaikh on why he’s backing Justin Trudeau
When Justin Trudeau holds a rally in Mississauga, Ont. this evening—his Liberal leadership campaign’s first stop in the Toronto suburbs so coveted by strategists of all parties—he’ll be introduced by Zaib Shaikh, the actor best known as a star of CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie. Shaikh also has a role in the new movie Midnight’s Children, Canadian director Deepa Mehta’s adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s celebrated novel.
The Muslim Brotherhood and a celebrity food drive
Writing in the Calgary Herald, Tarek Fatah, an outspoken liberal Muslim, asks why the CBC is teaming up on a food drive with the Muslim Association of Canada – a group openly supportive of the international Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood, and its founder Hassan al Banna.
No little synagogue on the prairie
A new Canadian comedy series goes out of its way to emphasize that it’s not a ‘Jewish’ show