My two short films, The Flowering and Dream of Samarra, are both playing Friday, November 8 at 10pm at the

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Check out Kino Klub Split, a film society in Croatia, holding weekly screenings and they’ve been playing many of my

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My podcasts, Usama Talk, will be airing on Lumpen Radio! Playing on the FM dial in Chicago 105.5, and streaming

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The Muslim Meme will be playing at the Roxie Theatre Press Release: Dear Friends, We are excited to announce a

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The Muslim Meme and Baghdad, Iowa will play at the YallaPunk fest with City of Djinn. More info: YallaPunk is

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Welcome to Baghdad, Iowa will have its Canadian premiere at the Winnipeg Underground Film Festival for the 90 seconds film program.

My one minute short film Welcome to Baghdad, Iowa will be premiering at the Aurora Picture Show’s Extremely Shorts Film

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My short film The Flowering will have its World Premiere at the 25th Chicago Underground Film Festival. Starring Madeleine Ours and Daniel Peaslee,

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Mizna Arab Film Festival: Experimental Arab Film January 6, 2018 This wintertime screening, curated by Andrea Shaker and Michelle Baroody

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My new short film The Muslim Meme (with music by Marvin J. Gladney) will have its world premiere at DOK Leipzig

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