Yes, as far as I know from the rest of the coverage to date, Zarqa Nawaz has indeed based a fair chunk of her intra-ummah humour upon her own experiences in Regina. I can well imagine Baber Siddiqui, the outgoing imam and continuing conservative critic of the new imam, being based on such a person. No idea whom it was Nawaz spoke of, but it should make for an interesting tell-all book somewhen down the line for anyone willing to write it!
The creative talent of Canada is apparently very much at odds with the people running the networks and cable and satellite providers over the issue of whether or not Canada ought to be producing any real domestic comedy/drama for TV at all. Denis' commentaries tend to be well-informed, even in those areas where I disagree with him. Sometimes, in fact, especially in those areas where I disagree with him. Makes him someone whose blog I keep on my friendlist, as you may have noticed from its syndicated feeds list. The Corner Gas essay speaks at length exactly as you describe, and anyone looking to keep Canadian content on Canadian TV(and making it saleable elsewhere as such to anyone wanting a look) really ought to read it over.
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Re: Little Mosque
Date: 2007-01-27 11:08 pm (UTC)Yes, as far as I know from the rest of the coverage to date, Zarqa Nawaz has indeed based a fair chunk of her intra-ummah humour upon her own experiences in Regina. I can well imagine Baber Siddiqui, the outgoing imam and continuing conservative critic of the new imam, being based on such a person. No idea whom it was Nawaz spoke of, but it should make for an interesting tell-all book somewhen down the line for anyone willing to write it!
The creative talent of Canada is apparently very much at odds with the people running the networks and cable and satellite providers over the issue of whether or not Canada ought to be producing any real domestic comedy/drama for TV at all. Denis' commentaries tend to be well-informed, even in those areas where I disagree with him. Sometimes, in fact, especially in those areas where I disagree with him. Makes him someone whose blog I keep on my friendlist, as you may have noticed from its syndicated feeds list. The Corner Gas essay speaks at length exactly as you describe, and anyone looking to keep Canadian content on Canadian TV(and making it saleable elsewhere as such to anyone wanting a look) really ought to read it over.
At length.