Laughing All the Way to the Mosque

The Western Muslim Initiative, in collaboration with the University of Calgary’s Women’s Resource Centre, are pleased to present an evening with Zarqa Nawaz, creator of the CBC hit TV show, Little Mosque on the Prairie. Zarqa Nawaz will be discussing the importance of the arts and humour in bridging differences, and will be signing copies her new book, Laughing All The Way to the Mosque. Come and join us for this entertaining talk, and meet this inspiring Canadian Muslim author. Copies of her book will be available to purchase at the event. FREE EVENT – registration required http://westernmuslim.ticketleap.com/zarqa-nawaz/

Location:

MacEwan Student Centre 482 – Women’s Resource Centre

Speaker:

Zarqa Nawaz created Little Mosque on the Prairie. Premiering on CBC in 2007, it ran for six seasons, was watched in over sixty countries and landed Zarqa in the public eye. When not writing, producing or directing for the show, she has spent much of the past six years writing comedy pilots for ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX, and touring the world as a sought-after public speaker. She has been interviewed or profiled by CNN, the BBC, The New York Times and Aljazeera, and recently wrote the Group Therapy column The Globe and Mail. A frequent contributor to CBC’s DNTO, Zarqa Nawaz lives in Regina with her family.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/laughing-all-way-mosque