ABSTRACT
Jasmin Zine interviewed Zarqa Nawaz. Zarqa has worked as a freelance writer/broadcaster with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation(CBC) radio, and in various capacities with CBC's Newsworld, CTV's Canada AM and CBC's. Zarqa is creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie an award-winning series that explores the dynamics of Muslim and non-Muslim relationships with a comedic twist. She has been recently named one of the 'ten young visionaries shaping Islam in America' by Islamica Magazine and is a recipient of the Outstanding International Achievement Awards, presented by Women in Film and Television Toronto. In terms of inspirations Zarqa narates that People couldn't believe that a Muslim woman who was a normal part of Canadian society could create a show like this: that it could be made by a woman who didn't have a chip on her shoulder, who wasn't angry at her community, wasn't oppressed by her religion or her faith, a woman who is an organic part of the community she's representing.
