Laughing All the Way to the Mosque: Finding Holiness in Humor

Presented by Zarqa Nawaz. In Laughing All the Way to the Mosque, Zarqa Nawaz introduces readers to her sometimes absurd, sometimes challenging experiences growing up as a Canadian of Muslim faith. It is an eye-opening, much-needed, and quite frankly, hysterically funny look at what it’s like to straddle two cultures—and do so quite successfully. The book provides a different perspective of the female Muslim experience—normal, humorous, and positive.

About the Presenter: Zarqa Nawaz created the world’s first sitcom about a Muslim community living in the west. Little Mosque on the Prairie premiered to record ratings on the CBC in 2007. The show demystified Islam for millions of people around the world by explaining how practicing Muslims live their lives from dating to marriage to burying their dead. Now, Zarqa Nawaz has written her best selling comedic memoir, Laughing All the Way to the Mosque. Zarqa is also a frequent public speaker on Islam and comedy, gender and faith, and diversity in the media.

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