The Taqwacores (film)

The Taqwacores
The Taqwacores
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay by	Eyad Zahra; Michael Muhammad Knight
Story by	Michael Muhammad Knight (novel)
Produced by	David Perse; Allison Carter; Nahal Ameri
Starring	Dominic Rains; ; Noureen DeWulf
Cinematography
Edited by	Josh Rosenfield
Music by	Omar Fadel
Release date	January 24, 2010 (Sundance);
Country	United States
Language	English

The Taqwacores is a 2010 film adaptation of the 2003 novel The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight. The film was directed by Eyad Zahra and stars Bobby Naderi, Dominic Rains, and Noureen Dewulf. The film imagines a fictitious Islamic punk rock scene through characters living in a punk house in Buffalo, New York. It was filmed in Cleveland, Ohio.

Plot[]

A sophomore majoring in engineering, Yusef (Bobby Naderi) seeks living quarters with fellow Muslims after a year in the godless dorms. He moves—rather improbably, given his conservative nature—into a building inhabited by various punky misfits (it is unclear whether they are also students) wrestling with their cultural and religious identity. Or, as red-mohawked guitarist Jehangir (Dominic Rains) puts it, their "mismatching of disenfranchised subcultures."

Others include ever-shirtless skateboarding wild man Amazing Ayyub (Volkan Eryaman), spike-haired stoner Fasiq (Ian Tran) and brawny, glowering Umar (Nav Mann), the would-be moral enforcer in a houseful of rebels against Koranic strictures. Sole female in residence is Rabeya (Noureen DeWulf), who wears a head-to-toe burka yet is full of ideas that might be considered blasphemous.

Cast[]

(in alphabetical order) ^[1]

Noureen DeWulf as Rabeya
as Gas Station Bully
as Amazing Ayyub
Denise George as Dee Dee Ali
as Himself (Cameo)
as Lynn
as Umar
Rasika Mathur as Fatima
John Charles Meyer as Hamza
as Yusef
Dominic Rains as Jehangir Tabari
as Harun
as Lead Singer of The Ghilmans
as Fasiq
Tony Yalda as Muzzamil

Music[]

The Taqwacores features an original score by Los Angeles composer, Omar Fadel, as well as licensed music from The Kominas, and Al-Thawra.

References[]

^ Full cast and crew for The Taqwacores (2010) at the Internet Movie Database, Retrieved September 6, 2010

External links[]

[1] Full cast and crew for The Taqwacores (2010) at the Internet Movie Database, Retrieved September 6, 2010

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