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Zarqa Nawaz

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Zarqa Nawaz created the world’s first sitcom about a Muslim community living in the west. Little Mosque on the Prairie premiered to record ratings on the CBC in 2007. It finished airing it’s 91th episode in 2012 after completing 6 seasons and is now being broadcast to over 60 countries.

The show demystified Islam for millions of people around the world by explaining how practicing Muslim live their lives from dating to marriage to burying their dead.

And now Zarqa Nawaz has written her best-selling comedic memoir Laughing All the Way to the Mosque, about growing up as a Canadian of Muslim faith. And it’s also about her lack of dating, marriage and burying the dead.

In 2005, Zarqa Nawaz made the ground-breaking documentary Me and the Mosque, f ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 3,595 ratings · 757 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Laughing All the Way to the Mosque 3.84 avg rating — 1,937 ratings — published 2014 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jameela Green Ruins Everything 3.74 avg rating — 1,648 ratings — published 2022 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Islam: Muslims and the Media by Arsalan Iftikhar (Contributor), Peter Gottschalk (Contributor), Zarqa Nawaz (Contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosmetic Herbs: Natural skin care recipes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Zarqa Nawaz (?)

“Why did God want us to remember these painful stories? I could only think of one reason. Having faith is more than just believing; it's about living with fear and self-doubt and working through those feelings until they bring some sort of answer.
-page 101, Chapter "Hajj”
― Zarqa Nawaz, Laughing All the Way to the Mosque

tags: faith, fear, god

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“Every morning I flagellate myself for being born white.”
― Zarqa Nawaz, Jameela Green Ruins Everything

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