This is official trailer for THE TAQWACORES original motion picture (2010). Yusef, a first-generation Pakistani engineering student, moves off-campus with a group of Muslim punks in Buffalo, New York. Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam is a 2009 documentary film, directed by Omar Majeed and produced by EyeSteelFilm, about various Taqwacore bands and performers touring the United States and Pakistan.The documentary was filmed between 2007 and 2009. Yusef, a first-generation Pakistani engineering student, moves off-campus with a group of Muslim punks in Buffalo, New York. The film imagines a fictitious Islamic punk rock scene through characters living in a punk house in Buffalo, New York.It was filmed in Cleveland, Ohio
This adaptation of a novel about divided loyalties of America's young Muslims promised an interesting slant, but delivers a laboriously scripted …
The first to use the term was writer, journalist, and Muslim convert Michael Muhammad Knight. The living room becomes a mosque during the day, while it continues to host punk parties at night. With Riz Ahmed, Arieb Azhur, Ammar Aziz, Chris Clover. His new "un-orthodox" house mates soon introduce him to Taqwacore- a hardcore, Muslim punk rock scene that only exists out west. The Taqwacores deals with the complexities of being young and Muslim in modern-day America. Shaky narrative style, broad characterizations undo film's effectiveness, though the concert sequence with West Coast Islamic punk bands will fascinate music connoisseurs. The living room becomes a mosque during the day, while … His new "un-orthodox" house mates soon introduce him to Taqwacore- a hardcore, Muslim punk rock scene that only exists out west. As the seasons change, Taqwacore influences the house more and more. Directed by Omar Majeed. His new "un-orthodox" housemates soon introduce him to Taqwacore - a hardcore, Muslim punk rock scene. As the seasons change, Taqwacore influences the house more and more. Ultimately, Yusef is influenced by Taqwacore too, as he begins to challenge his own faith and ideologies. It was pitched at the 2007 Sheffield Doc/Fest MeetMarket prior to completion.
The film stars Bobby Naderi, Noureen DeWulf, and Dominic Rains. Featuring the song "Blow S*** Up" by The Kominas. His novel The Taqwacores, about a group of young … The living room becomes a mosque during the day, while it continues to host punk shows at night. The Taqwacores is a 2010 film adaptation of the 2003 novel The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight.The film was directed by Eyad Zahra and stars Bobby Naderi, Dominic Rains, and Noureen Dewulf. The word Taqwacore is a combination of hardcore, a genre of punk music, and taqwa, an Arabic word that translates as "piety" or "god-fearing."
Summaries. This book tells the story of a fictional muslim-punk (taqwacore) scene in Buffalo filled with such colorful characters as a tattooed straight-edge fundamentalist, a riot girl in a patch-covered burqa, a pothead sufi, and other slices of the muslim ummah transplanted into slices of the punk scene.