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Talking With The Taqwacores’ Main Players: Ian and Volkan’s Week at Sundance

by: Tanzila Ahmed
"You know Eyad gave me the best piece of direction I had ever received,” I was sitting with Ian Tran who played Fasiq in the The Taqwacores movie. It was near the end of the week at Sundance and the house was just about empty. Ian and Volkan Eryaman, who plays Amazing Ayyub, were waiting for their ride to take them...
Interview, Movie, TV & Film, Muslim, Sundance, the taqwacores, Interviews, Tanzila Ahmed, Volkan Eryaman, Cast, Ian Tran, Michael Muha, Sandance,

The Playboy Super Saturday Party: Do Sexy Ladies Have Anything to Do With Football?

Tell the average American that football has nothing to do with outrageously beautiful women, and he’ll scoff. With their cheerleaders, supermodel wives, and “lingerie leagues,” football teams have always managed [...]
by: Adriane
Tell the average American that football has nothing to do with outrageously beautiful women, and he’ll scoff. With their cheerleaders, supermodel wives, and “lingerie leagues,” football teams have always managed SEE MORE
Global, Miami, Black Eyed Peas, News, Style, Hot!, Sexy Ladies, Todays Candy, Models, Hugh Hefner, Playboy, Parties, Football, Superbowl, Super Bowl, Jerseys, Pin Ups, Playboy Party,

Bona @ The Blue Frog (Footage You Must Not Miss!)

Richard Bona sang everyone into a melodic high (especially his Bona-fied fans) at Blue Frog for his album launch – Ten Shades of Blue, presented by Carslberg last week. I [...]
by: MissMalini
Richard Bona sang everyone into a melodic high (especially his Bona-fied fans) at Blue Frog for his album launch – Ten Shades of Blue, presented by Carslberg last week. I SEE MORE
Music , Mumbai, @MissMalini, live performance, Blue Frog, Album Launch, Richard Bona,

Radio Radio: Montreal Rappers Rhyme in Chiac

There are going to be a lot of languages spoken at this weekend’s Winter Olympics. And since we’re in Canada, of course one of them will be Chiac — a [...]
by: Adriane
There are going to be a lot of languages spoken at this weekend’s Winter Olympics. And since we’re in Canada, of course one of them will be Chiac — a SEE MORE
Music , Hip-Hop, Rap, Olympics, Music Video, Quebec, Bands We Like, Vancouver, New Music, Canada, new album, Downloads, mp3, Free Download, Free Music, Abracadabra, Fun, lo-fi, Radio Radio, Acadian, Acadien, Belmundo Regal, Chiac, Cliche Hot, Felix Awards, Midnight Poutine, New Brunswick, Olympic, Poutine,

After The Premiere: What It Was Like Seeing Ourselves on the Big Screen

“You played Amazing Ayyub exactly how I pictured it in my head,” I said to Volkan Eryaman. His character is the wild, tweaking, half naked misfit with a tattoo of “Karbala” around his neck. In the movie he looks like he is constantly on something, and ready to run at a moment’s notice.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
“You played Amazing Ayyub exactly how I pictured it in my head,” I said to Volkan Eryaman. His character is the wild, tweaking, half naked misfit with a tattoo of “Karbala” around his neck. In the movie he looks like he is constantly on something, and ready to run at a moment’s notice.
punk, Movie, TV & Film, Film, Book, Feminist, Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight, Muslim, Sundance, the taqwacores, Tanzila Ahmed, Rasika Mathur, Rewrite, Volkan Eryaman,

Two Rock Movie Reviews From Sundance

Since I was at Sundance with a punk entourage and to promote the punk movie <i>The Taqwacores,</i> I thought it only would make sense that I check out the other punk movies in the running at Sundance 2010.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
Since I was at Sundance with a punk entourage and to promote the punk movie The Taqwacores, I thought it only would make sense that I check out the other punk movies in the running at Sundance 2010.
Rock, punk, Global, Joan Jett, Celebs, TV & Film, review, Movies, Kristen Stewart, Poland, Sundance, the taqwacores, Tanzila Ahmed, All That I Love, Cherie Currie, Dakota Fanning, The Runaways,

The Taqwacores Motion Picture World Premiere

As the lights dimmed down for the world premiere of The Taqwacores, there was a uproar of cheers and clapping. My heart flip flopped like mad. I was sitting between Marwan of Al-Thawra and Imran of The Kominas. But beyond them, I was surrounded by The Taqwacores family.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
As the lights dimmed down for the world premiere of The Taqwacores, there was a uproar of cheers and clapping. My heart flip flopped like mad. I was sitting between Marwan of Al-Thawra and Imran of The Kominas. But beyond them, I was surrounded by The Taqwacores family.
Movie, TV & Film, Premiere, books, Michael Muhammad Knight, Sundance, Tanzila Ahmed, Al Thawra, Taqwacores,

Gingger Shankar at Sundance

I was sitting at the Filmmakers Lodge on Main St. at Sundance, and across from me was the pretty Gingger Shankar. I had been introduced to her by the team at Rukus Avenue label who insisted that we connect at Sundance. Gingger was a musician, not a filmmaker, and she has been involved with Sundance since 2007 when she got into Sundance Institutes Composers Lab.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
I was sitting at the Filmmakers Lodge on Main St. at Sundance, and across from me was the pretty Gingger Shankar. I had been introduced to her by the team at Rukus Avenue label who insisted that we connect at Sundance. Gingger was a musician, not a filmmaker, and she has been involved with Sundance since 2007 when she got into...
Music , India, Los Angeles, TV & Film, Carnegie Hall, Soprano, Sundance, Tanzila Ahmed, 10 String, Billy Corgan, George Harrison, Gingger Shankar, Smashing Pumpkins, Violin,

The Super Bowl’s Most Racist Ad: Metro PCS Mocks Indian American Stereotypes

Last night I joined a slew of Americans and hunkered down for a tradition: Watching the Super Bowl. The beloved football finals are the country’s must-see-TV event, surpassing the ratings [...]
by: Adriane
Last night I joined a slew of Americans and hunkered down for a tradition: Watching the Super Bowl. The beloved football finals are the country’s must-see-TV event, surpassing the ratings SEE MORE
Sports, Florida, TV, News, Your Daily YouTube, America, TV & Film, Advertising, Marketing, Television, Football, Superbowl, American Sports, Athletics, Blatant Racism, Casual Racism, Indianapolis, Metro PCS, New Orleans, Racist Advertising, Super Bowl,

Sub Focus "Could This Be Real"

Nick Douwma a.k.a. Sub Focus came to the DnB scene from Guildford, UK. Sub Focus has also remixed work by The Prodigy, Deadmau5, Dr. Octagon, Empire of the Sun and Dizzee Rascal.
United Kingdom
Sub Focus
Nick Douwma a.k.a. Sub Focus came to the DnB scene from Guildford, UK. Sub Focus has also remixed work by The Prodigy, Deadmau5, Dr. Octagon, Empire of the Sun and Dizzee Rascal.
Music , Video, Electronic, Drum & Bass, Music Video, Breakbeat,

Inside DJ Rekha’s Party

With The Kominas, Al Thawra, and The Taqwacores cast members in tow, the first Saturday night of Sundance we snuck in our entire posse into DJ Rekhas party. DJ Rekha is well known in the Desi bhangra circuit and the founder of Basement Bhangra. I ran up to DJ Rekha after I got in she was spinning hot bhangra beats on the turntables.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
With The Kominas, Al Thawra, and The Taqwacores cast members in tow, the first Saturday night of Sundance we snuck in our entire posse into DJ Rekhas party. DJ Rekha is well known in the Desi bhangra circuit and the founder of Basement Bhangra. I ran up to DJ Rekha after I got in she was spinning hot bhangra beats on...
Music , Toronto, TV & Film, books, Snow, Party, Kominas, taqwacore, Sundance, the taqwacores, DJ Rekha, Tanzila Ahmed, Al Thawra, Born Confused, Indie Movies, Reena Shah, Tenuja Desai,

Das Racist "Chicken and Meat"

Das Racist is a rap duo based in Brooklyn, composed of Queens-born Himanshu Suri and San Francisco-born Victor Vazquez. They are often joined on-stage by
New York,USA
Das Racist
Das Racist is a rap duo based in Brooklyn, composed of Queens-born Himanshu Suri and San Francisco-born Victor Vazquez. They are often joined on-stage by "hype man" Ashok Kondabolu, known as Dap, for live performances and in music videos.
Music , Video, Hip Hop, Rap, Music Video, Das Racist,

Photo of the Day: 8 February 2010 - Punting Temptation

<p><p>Is there anything more American than getting ladies in lingerie (the real American Dream) to go around playing the American past-time? Here, Lingerie League team The Los Angeles Temptation scrimmage before their final match, which took place before Sunday's Superbowl. <a href="http://blog.mtviggy.com/2010/02/01/the-lingerie-football-league-oh-you-americans/">More about the Lingerie League in the MTV Iggy blog</a>.</p></p>
Los Angeles, USA

Is there anything more American than getting ladies in lingerie (the real American Dream) to go around playing the American past-time? Here, Lingerie League team The Los Angeles Temptation scrimmage before their final match, which took place before Sunday's Superbowl. More about the Lingerie League in the MTV Iggy blog.


Culture & Society, Photography, Sports, photo_of_the_day, Photo of the Day, Lingerie, Football, Lingerie Football League,

Taqwacore, On the Radio

You know you’ve made it big when you are on Oprah. Allright, so The Taqwacores wasn’t on Oprah, exactly. It was the radio show the Derrick Ashong Experience that was premiering on Oprah’s Sirius network channel that day. The Taqwacores entourage followed Eyad Zahra and Mike Knight to the basement of a pop-up radio station set up in particular for Sundance.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
You know you’ve made it big when you are on Oprah. Allright, so The Taqwacores wasn’t on Oprah, exactly. It was the radio show the Derrick Ashong Experience that was premiering on Oprah’s Sirius network channel that day. The Taqwacores entourage followed Eyad Zahra and Mike Knight to the basement of a pop-up radio station set up in particular for Sundance....
Music , punk, TV & Film, Film, Bands, radio, Harley Davidson, Oprah, Writing, Kominas, Michael Muhammad Knight, Muslim, taqwacore, Sundance, the kominas, Eyad Zahra, the taqwacores, Practice Session, Al Thawra, Filmstrip, Derrick Ashong Experience, Screenplay, Sirius,

At DJ Rekha’s Sundance Party

Mike Knight, his wife Sadaf and I were standing on a red carpet with a huge video camera shoved up to our face. We were trying to get into a party that my friend DJ Rekha was spinning at. Except, they wouldn’t let us go into the party without being asked a few questions first.
by: Tanzila Ahmed
Mike Knight, his wife Sadaf and I were standing on a red carpet with a huge video camera shoved up to our face. We were trying to get into a party that my friend DJ Rekha was spinning at. Except, they wouldn’t let us go into the party without being asked a few questions first.
Music , Indie, Celebs, TV & Film, Film, Red Carpet, Photos, Michael Muhammad Knight, taqwacore, Sundance, the taqwacores, DJ Rekha, Imran Malik, Park City, John Updike, Juxtapositions, Nightlilfe, Punks, Sadaf,
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