After Love: Directed by Aleem Khan. With Joanna Scanlan, Nathalie Richard, Talid Ariss, Nasser Memarzia. Set in the port town of Dover, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she
This article explores the concept of ‘love jihad’ and the love jihad discourse in a Scandinavian setting, with a particular emphasis on contemporary works of art and popular culture in Norway. Arguing that ‘love jihad’ may be understood as part of a
Yunhi fans are captivated by the timeless tale of a desi boy meeting a foreign return girl, and are filled with love and admiration for the incredibly popular new couple ruling the TRP’s on Pakistani television. Maya Ali and Bilal Ashraf, portraying the lead duo in Yunhi, have ...
But no, it was meant to present the veracity of arranged marriages within the context of a burgeoning love story that's obvious to everyone except the two leads. Lily James plays Zoe, a documentary filmmaker who convinces her neighbor Kaz (Shazad Latif) to film his wedding process once he...
on the set of encounter. by richard foreman/amazon studios. the lead character was originally called marcus in the script, and wasn’t described by an ethnicity. so casting ahmed, who is british pakistani, added an additional complexity to the story. says ahmed, “reimagining the character ...
Seventeen-year-old Pakistani immigrant Zara Hossain has been leading a fairly typical life in Corpus Christi, Texas, since her family moved there for her father to work as a pediatrician. While dealing with the Islamophobia that she faces at school, Zara has to lay low, trying not to stir ...
Shekhar Kapoor treads softly on a subject that could easily have turned a romcom into a hackneyed drama about a Pakistani family and its tradition-bound values. Its writer Jemima Khan (former wife of cricketer-politician Imran Khan of Pakistan), who converted to Islam when she started living ...
It is the story of Pavan Kumar Chaturvedi aka Bajrangi Bhaijaan, a sincere devotee of Lord Hanuman, who takes it upon himself to reunite a mute 6 year old Pakistani girl, Shahida, who he calls Munni, with her family across the border. ...
Created by British Pakistani comedianBisha K. Ali, “Ms. Marvel”starsIman Vellanias Kamala Khan, Marvel’s first-ever Pakistani American, Muslim superhero. Kamala, an Avengers-obsessed gamer from Jersey City, unexpectedly takes up the superhero mantle when she gets powers herself. The show, whic...
Priyanka: At one point in the story, Zahra mentions her grandmother telling her bedtime stories. Like that, my parents often put me to sleep with a story, so when I started school, I was already primed to love reading with my mom. Since English wasn’t her first language, she was extr...