The Taqwacores (film)
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Directed by | Eyad Zahra |
Screenplay by | Eyad Zahra Michael Muhammad Knight |
Story by | Michael Muhammad Knight (novel) |
Produced by | David Perse Allison Carter Nahal Ameri |
Starring | Dominic Rains Bobby Naderi Noureen DeWulf |
Cinematography | JP Perry |
Edited by | Josh Rosenfield |
Music by | Omar Fadel |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Taqwacores is a 2010 film adaptation of the 2003 novel
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
- Jim Dickson as Gas Station Bully
- Volkan Eryaman as Amazing Ayyub
- Denise George as Dee Dee Ali
- Marwan Kamel as himself (Cameo)
- Anne Leighton as Lynn
- Nav Mann as Umar
- Rasika Mathur as Fatima
- John Charles Meyer as Hamza
- Bobby Naderi as Yusef
- Dominic Rains as Jehangir Tabari
- Nicholas Riley as Harun
- Ara Thorose as Lead Singer of The Ghilmans
- Ian Tran as Fasiq
- Tony Yaldaas Muzzamil
Music
The Taqwacores features an original score by Los Angeles composer, Omar Fadel, as well as licensed music from The Kominas, Sagg Syndicate and Al-Thawra.
References
- Internet Movie Database, Retrieved September 6, 2010
External links
- Official website
- The Taqwacores at IMDb