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ZARQA is a new comedy web series in production from FUNdamentalist Films, a Regina-based production company belonging to Zarqa Nawaz, the Creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie. With funds from the Canada Media Fund (CMF), the Independent Production Fund (IPF), and Creative Saskatchewan, the web series finished production in October of 2021.
The premise is simple: after Zarqa, a middle-aged and very complicated Muslim woman, learns on Facebook that her ex-husband is marrying a younger, skinny, white yoga instructor, Zarqa texts back that she’s coming to the wedding with her own cliché: a white brain surgeon named Brian. Now she just has to find him. Zarqa Nawaz herself stars in the series.
Below are the generous individuals who donated to our 2020 crowdfunding campaign. Thank you for helping to fund season one of ZARQA!
Elizabeth Arseneau
Dawn Bird
Carla Blakley
Susan Cherland
Nozhat Choudry
Michael Despotovic
Kirk Dunn
Gregory Eckler
Yasmin Elhady
Samira Faiz
K Falkenberg
Jamal E Fatima
Mark Fenton
Asma Ghori
Daphne Giachero
Nader Hashemi
Karen Hill
Zereena Khan
Omar Khawaja
Kwok Lau
Hussain M Juma
Cadence MacPherson
Joanne McDonald
Kelly McGurrin
Shelina Merani
Majid Moghadam
Soraya Moghadam
Abbas R
Uzma Rasheed
Jennifer Ryan
Zahra Saif
Robn Schlaht
Areeb Shams
Jafar Shenasa
Sarah Tkachuk
Terry Toews
Stuart Wetmore
Rita Youssuf
Sayed Yusuf
Iman Zawahry