On this episode of the Halal Gap, Sofia and Sikandar talk music production, family time, and juggling multiple personas with the one and only Waseem Stark!
Read MoreOn this week's episode, Sofia and Sikandar are joined by Omar Farah, a Somali-Canadian poet and community builder from Edmonton, Canada.
Read MoreThis week on the Halal Gap, Sofia and Sikandar hop on the phone with Maaz Ali, an Indian-Pakistani-American actor trained at the renowned Beverly Hills Playhouse and the Upright Citizens Brigade.
Read MoreWe're back! Kicking off season 2 of The Halal Gap, all the way from social isolation Sofia and Sikandar are joined by accomplished writer and director, Sahar Jahani! Sahar's incredibly impressive resume includes script development at YouTube Originals, being a writer on the Golden Globe winning show “Ramy”, a writer on the hit Netflix show "13 Reasons Why", and the mastermind behind the Mosquers award-winning short film "Just One Night".
Tune in to hear Sahar discuss her work, her inspirations, how she’s keeping busy in social isolation, as well as some info on exciting new projects that she has coming up!
Catch the all new season of The Halal Gap with Sofia and Sikandar, Mondays on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher.
Read MoreThe Halal Gap returns with hosts Sofia Alani and Sikandar Atiq for an exciting new season featuring creatives from around the world. Tune in weekly as Sofia and Sikandar have open and candid conversations with individuals from a variety of disciplines, discussing their journeys, goals, and insights.
The first episode of Season 2 drops this Monday, April 6, 2020 - join us as we continue our mission to Close the Gap!
Read MoreOn this week's episode of The Halal Gap, join Ash and Sara as they cover the 2019 Mosquers Film Festival, live from the red carpet at the Winspear Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on September 21, 2019! Hear stories from some of the featured filmmakers, former Mosquers organizers, artists, and community members, and relive the hype behind the biggest Mosquers Film Festival event to date!
Read MoreThis week on The Halal Gap, join Sikandar and Hamada as they sit down with the creative masterminds behind the world-renowned comics "Zindan" and "The Incapable Trump", Omar Mirza and Khurram Mehtabdin. Tune in to listen to the origins of these incredible works as Omar and Khurram provide details and anecdotes about creating these stories one step at a time, all while balancing their lives as physicians.
Read MoreThis week on The Halal Gap, The Mosquers presents Timiro Mohamed! She is an award winning Canadian-Somali spoken word poet, and will be one of the featured artists at the 2019 Mosquers Film Festival. Raised right here in Edmonton, she was a semi-finalist at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in 2016 and is also a full-time business student. Join us as we discuss the inspiration behind her poetry, finding an artistic voice and the state of poetry in the education system, as well as her collaborative chap-book 'Water'.
Read MoreThis week on The Halal Gap, Sofia and Hamada sat down on a Skype call with writer and filmmaker Ayanna Sharif, whose work focuses on illuminating shadows and lifting the veil covering the nuanced cultures of people of color. Originally from Baltimore, Ayanna is a storyteller and producer whose most recently released film, Wudu, won Best Technical Production at the 2018 Mosquers Film Festival. Tune in this week to listen to Ayanna discuss the production of Wudu, the importance of black, Muslim voices in film, working on a big budget movie set, and living in Thailand!
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