Archive for the 'TV/Movies' Category
Colbert on O’Reilly’s Inside Edition Outrage
1 Comment Published by Haseeb May 14th, 2008 in Entertainment, Politics/Media, TV/MoviesAs far as Stephen Colbert’s concerned, Bill O’Reilly did nothing wrong in that infamous “Inside Edition” clip.
Daily Show Interview with Douglas Feith
0 Comments Published by Haseeb May 13th, 2008 in Politics/Media, TV/MoviesGreat Interview by Jon Stewart about The Bush administration’s strategy in leading up to the Iraq war.
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Part 2
Breaking down stereotypes one joke at a time
2 Comments Published by Haseeb May 12th, 2008 in Islam, Entertainment, TV/MoviesSTAND UP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age is the story of five comedians: Ahmed Ahmed, Tissa Hami, Dean Obeidallah, Azhar Usman and Maysoon Zayid.
Source: PBS: America at a Crossroads
It’s an age-old American tradition: immigrant groups take up comedy to fight against discrimination. One path to understanding is to make people laugh. Now Muslim-Americans […]
NYTimes: Young Video Makers Try to Alter Islam’s Face
2 Comments Published by Haseeb May 8th, 2008 in Islam, Entertainment, TV/MoviesGreat article featuring Baba Ali and Lena Khan!
Source: NYTimes
May 8, 2008
Young Video Makers Try to Alter Islam’s Face
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
LOS ANGELES — When Ali Ardekani started fishing around on the Internet a couple of years ago for video blogs about Muslims, he did not like what he found: either the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims […]
First UmmahFilms Short: Tomorrow Never Comes
4 Comments Published by Haseeb May 2nd, 2008 in Islam, TV/MoviesFound on Mujahideenryder.net
This post is probably a little out of place… but … FINALLY…. Theres a new episode of The Office on tonight!!!!
And for those of you who know me, and how big of a party-board game fan I am and how competitive I can get; you will find this clip even more hilarious:
edit: They took […]
The Writers’ Strike is OVER!
2 Comments Published by Haseeb February 14th, 2008 in Entertainment, TV/MoviesThat’s right! The 100 day strike is over!
Check out Stephen Colbert welcome back each and every one of his writers (including Tiki Barber, Kevin Bacon, and Mr. Met, lol!)
Now it’ll only be a few weeks till Scrubs and The Office come back on the air!!!
My two favorite TV personalities are feuding!!!
Disclaimer: There may be some mild foul language:
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Part 2:
[In case the link above isnt working and NBC took down the clip, you can download it and watch it here]
Oh man this is too much. Conan O Brien and Stephen Colbert are by far the two […]
Idiocracy is probably the best movies you’ve never heard of. In fact, it’s worth renting for the first ten minutes alone. It’s basic premise argues against the scientistic myth of the evolutionary progress of intelligence. Instead of the world becoming smarter over generations, it portrays a world where competent, intelligent people are outbreeded by promiscuous […]
Aliens in America - Series Premiere tonight
3 Comments Published by Haseeb October 1st, 2007 in Entertainment, TV/MoviesTonight, the long awaited TV Show “Aliens in America” debuts on the CW11 at 8:30 ET. Its basically about the experiences of Pakistani Muslim exchange student to an all-white school in a suburban American town. This series, which will be shown across North America in the CW channel, has great potential to help curb misunderstandings […]
Khuda Ke Liye: Discussing the ‘Controversies’
4 Comments Published by Haseeb September 7th, 2007 in Islam, Entertainment, TV/MoviesRecently, I wrote about a great Pakistani Film, Khuda Ke Liye. This ground-breaking film raises several controversial issues that truly affect most of our Muslim communities across the world. I ended the post posing a series of questions that I believe need to be clearly addressed. Yesterday, a friend linked me to the following Pakistani […]
In a summer filled with many great blockbuster movies (I havent seen most of them), I thought I’d shed some light on Shah Rukh Khan’s latest movie, Chak De! Although I am not a bollywood fan, I saw this film a couple of days ago at the request of my visiting cousin from Pakistan, and […]
Dave Chappelle Produces Allah Made me Funny: The Official Muslim Comedy Tour (Film)
4 Comments Published by Haseeb July 25th, 2007 in Islam, Entertainment, TV/Movies“These guys are pioneers in the world of Muslim comedy and I am proud to be attached to this project.”
- Dave Chappelle
Source: Marketwire
“Allah Made Me Funny-The Official Muslim Comedy Tour” to Be Made Into Feature-Length Concert Film
Comedian and actor Dave Chappelle to serve as film’s executive producer
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA– Marketwire - July 24, […]
“America at a Crossroads” veers to the right
1 Comment Published by Haseeb April 20th, 2007 in Islam, Current News, TV/MoviesI only saw half an hour of one episode from the series (which I thought was great); however this article sheds some critical light as to the entire series as a whole. Very well written!
Source: Salon.com
“America at a Crossroads” veers to the right
The highly touted PBS series on Islam and terrorism casts a cold […]
Back in January, I wrote a post regarding the current season of 24, in which some of the villians are Islamist terrorists. CAIR-NY called for a protest against the show, whereas Brother Dash argued against this criticism.
After watching most of the episodes myself this season, I dont believe the show is that anti-Muslim after […]

























