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Talking With The Taqwacores’ Main Players: Ian and Volkan’s Week at Sundance

by: Tanzila Ahmed
"You know Eyad gave me the best piece of direction I had ever received,” I was sitting with Ian Tran who played Fasiq in the The Taqwacores movie. It was near the end of the week at Sundance and the house was just about empty. Ian and Volkan Eryaman, who plays Amazing Ayyub, were waiting for their ride to take them...
Interview, Movie, TV & Film, Muslim, Sundance, the taqwacores, Interviews, Tanzila Ahmed, Volkan Eryaman, Cast, Ian Tran, Michael Muha, Sandance,

After The Premiere: What It Was Like Seeing Ourselves on the Big Screen

“You played Amazing Ayyub exactly how I pictured it in my head,” I said to Volkan Eryaman. His character is the wild, tweaking, half naked misfit with a tattoo of “Karbala” around his neck. In the movie he looks like he is constantly on something, and ready to run at a moment’s notice.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
“You played Amazing Ayyub exactly how I pictured it in my head,” I said to Volkan Eryaman. His character is the wild, tweaking, half naked misfit with a tattoo of “Karbala” around his neck. In the movie he looks like he is constantly on something, and ready to run at a moment’s notice.
punk, Movie, TV & Film, Film, Book, Feminist, Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight, Muslim, Sundance, the taqwacores, Tanzila Ahmed, Rasika Mathur, Rewrite, Volkan Eryaman,

Two Rock Movie Reviews From Sundance

Since I was at Sundance with a punk entourage and to promote the punk movie <i>The Taqwacores,</i> I thought it only would make sense that I check out the other punk movies in the running at Sundance 2010.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
Since I was at Sundance with a punk entourage and to promote the punk movie The Taqwacores, I thought it only would make sense that I check out the other punk movies in the running at Sundance 2010.
Rock, punk, Global, Joan Jett, Celebs, TV & Film, review, Movies, Kristen Stewart, Poland, Sundance, the taqwacores, Tanzila Ahmed, All That I Love, Cherie Currie, Dakota Fanning, The Runaways,

The Taqwacores Motion Picture World Premiere

As the lights dimmed down for the world premiere of The Taqwacores, there was a uproar of cheers and clapping. My heart flip flopped like mad. I was sitting between Marwan of Al-Thawra and Imran of The Kominas. But beyond them, I was surrounded by The Taqwacores family.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
As the lights dimmed down for the world premiere of The Taqwacores, there was a uproar of cheers and clapping. My heart flip flopped like mad. I was sitting between Marwan of Al-Thawra and Imran of The Kominas. But beyond them, I was surrounded by The Taqwacores family.
Movie, TV & Film, Premiere, books, Michael Muhammad Knight, Sundance, Tanzila Ahmed, Al Thawra, Taqwacores,

Inside DJ Rekha’s Party

With The Kominas, Al Thawra, and The Taqwacores cast members in tow, the first Saturday night of Sundance we snuck in our entire posse into DJ Rekhas party. DJ Rekha is well known in the Desi bhangra circuit and the founder of Basement Bhangra. I ran up to DJ Rekha after I got in she was spinning hot bhangra beats on the turntables.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
With The Kominas, Al Thawra, and The Taqwacores cast members in tow, the first Saturday night of Sundance we snuck in our entire posse into DJ Rekhas party. DJ Rekha is well known in the Desi bhangra circuit and the founder of Basement Bhangra. I ran up to DJ Rekha after I got in she was spinning hot bhangra beats on...
Music , Toronto, TV & Film, books, Snow, Party, Kominas, taqwacore, Sundance, the taqwacores, DJ Rekha, Tanzila Ahmed, Al Thawra, Born Confused, Indie Movies, Reena Shah, Tenuja Desai,

Taqwacore, On the Radio

You know you’ve made it big when you are on Oprah. Allright, so The Taqwacores wasn’t on Oprah, exactly. It was the radio show the Derrick Ashong Experience that was premiering on Oprah’s Sirius network channel that day. The Taqwacores entourage followed Eyad Zahra and Mike Knight to the basement of a pop-up radio station set up in particular for Sundance.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
You know you’ve made it big when you are on Oprah. Allright, so The Taqwacores wasn’t on Oprah, exactly. It was the radio show the Derrick Ashong Experience that was premiering on Oprah’s Sirius network channel that day. The Taqwacores entourage followed Eyad Zahra and Mike Knight to the basement of a pop-up radio station set up in particular for Sundance....
Music , punk, TV & Film, Film, Bands, radio, Harley Davidson, Oprah, Writing, Kominas, Michael Muhammad Knight, Muslim, taqwacore, Sundance, the kominas, Eyad Zahra, the taqwacores, Practice Session, Al Thawra, Filmstrip, Derrick Ashong Experience, Screenplay, Sirius,

At DJ Rekha’s Sundance Party

Mike Knight, his wife Sadaf and I were standing on a red carpet with a huge video camera shoved up to our face. We were trying to get into a party that my friend DJ Rekha was spinning at. Except, they wouldn’t let us go into the party without being asked a few questions first.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
Mike Knight, his wife Sadaf and I were standing on a red carpet with a huge video camera shoved up to our face. We were trying to get into a party that my friend DJ Rekha was spinning at. Except, they wouldn’t let us go into the party without being asked a few questions first.
Music , Indie, Celebs, TV & Film, Film, Red Carpet, Photos, Michael Muhammad Knight, taqwacore, Sundance, the taqwacores, DJ Rekha, Imran Malik, Park City, John Updike, Juxtapositions, Nightlilfe, Punks, Sadaf,

Hanging Out with Michael Muhammad Knight, and His Advice on Blogging

Mike Knight was sitting on the edge of a modern art deco-ish sofa next to his wife. Loud club music was blasting from the DJ spinning on the patio, and dim blue lights were illuminating all of us. We were at a party at the Sky Lodge, surrounded by pretty happy people. We nursed our non-alcoholic beverages, unable to talk to each other because of the loud music.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
Mike Knight was sitting on the edge of a modern art deco-ish sofa next to his wife. Loud club music was blasting from the DJ spinning on the patio, and dim blue lights were illuminating all of us. We were at a party at the Sky Lodge, surrounded by pretty happy people. We nursed our non-alcoholic beverages, unable to talk to...
TV & Film, Nightlife, Sundance, Surreal, the taqwacores, Park City, Main Street, Michael Muhmmad Knight, Noureen de Wulf, Sky Lodge, Writing Advice,

Noureen Dewulf: Taqwacore Woman, Anti-Fur Activist, Model

Writer Tanzila Ahmed is on her way to Sundance, America’s premiere festival of indie flicks, held yearly on the snowbound streets of Park City, Utah. From her home base at [...]
by: Tanzila Ahmed
Writer Tanzila Ahmed is on her way to Sundance, America’s premiere festival of indie flicks, held yearly on the snowbound streets of Park City, Utah. From her home base at SEE MORE
Style, TV & Film, Muslim, Punk Rock, Sundance, Tanzila Ahmed, Park City, Noureen Dewulf, caravan, Fur-Free campaign, Human Society, Taqwacores,

Noureen Dewulf: Taqwacore Woman, Anti-Fur Activist, Model

In The Taqwacores story, Rabeya is this niqab-ed riot grrrl, she wears an abaya covered in all these punk rock patches. Her room is covered in stacks of books, and she may not fall into a conventional idea of what it means to be Muslim, but she has strong beliefs that she stands by. She is an activist in her own right mind.
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by: Tanzila Ahmed
In The Taqwacores story, Rabeya is this niqab-ed riot grrrl, she wears an abaya covered in all these punk rock patches. Her room is covered in stacks of books, and she may not fall into a conventional idea of what it means to be Muslim, but she has strong beliefs that she stands by. She is an activist in her own...
Music , punk, Movie, Facebook, TV & Film, Model, Maxim, Sexy Ladies, Muslim, taqwacore, Sundance, the taqwacores, Tanzila Ahmed, Animal Rights, Noureen Dewulf, Riot Grrrl,
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