002: Where is Positive Muslim Representation?
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Nouri, Hasnain and Ali discuss positive Muslim representation in film - looking at examples of Hollywood's horrible track record of Islamophobic Muslim representation, and how that lack of representation affected them growing up. They also look at examples of modern day Muslim representation in film and TV that are generally praised as being positive, and discuss if that's the kind of Muslim representation Muslims actually need. Subscribe to 786 Boulevard on the following platforms: YouTube: https://bit.ly/2MNtC2F Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3f1svZ0 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/786boulevard Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3cDTnNf
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