47 episodes

We’re parked at the intersection of spirituality & culture, a place where Muslims of all kinds discuss film, art, fashion, pop culture & faith.

786 Boulevard Nouri Sardar & Hasnain Ali

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 5.0 • 9 Ratings

We’re parked at the intersection of spirituality & culture, a place where Muslims of all kinds discuss film, art, fashion, pop culture & faith.

    047 - How Muslims Are Portrayed in Video Games (Rami Ismail)

    047 - How Muslims Are Portrayed in Video Games (Rami Ismail)

    Rami Ismail is a video game developer who is vocal about Muslim representation and misrepresentation in the video game industry. Alongside being the co-founder of game studio Vlambeer, he is also the Executive Director of gamedev.world — a global game developer conference that seeks to showcase developers from all around the world.  
    I’ll be taking to Rami about how Muslims have been depicted in video games and how they fare behind the scenes, how Muslim representation in video games is changing and what we can look forward to in the future.

    • 38 min
    046 - The Muslim Film Critic (Zaki Hasan)

    046 - The Muslim Film Critic (Zaki Hasan)

    Zaki Hasan is a film critic. Hailing from Chicago and spending 10 years of his early life in Saudi Arabia, he currently resides in San Fransisco and is a media scholar and critic with over twenty years of experience. A member of the San Fransisco Film Critics Circle, he has written for The San Francisco Chronica, IGN, Huffington Post and more. He has also contributed to books on Star Wars, Planet of the Apes and Blade Runner.  
    We’ll be discussing the crazy world of film critics, how Star Wars began Zaki’s lifelong love of film, and how he navigates the film world as a Muslim.
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    786 Boulevard is a podcast by Nouri Sardar & Hasnain Ali dedicated to finding Islam in film, art, fashion and culture.
    Check us out on Instagram and Twitter: @786Boulevard

    • 1 hr 6 min
    045 - What Makes A Poet? (Taher Adel)

    045 - What Makes A Poet? (Taher Adel)

    Taher Adel is a British poet of Bahraini descent. His phenomenal poetry can be found all over Instagram and in a variety of publications, which tackle life, love, faith and the Arabic language. He published his first poetry collection Lost&Foundin April 2018. The collection is chronicling selections of his work from his first dabblings in poetry to the present day, much of the work in this book focuses on the relationship between the Almighty and his creations.

    He was also poet in residence for Wells-next-the-sea in 2019 alongside Jennifer Lee Tsai. His poetry has also been published in Ambit, SMOKE Magazine, The New European, Gulf Daily News, Glassworks Magazine, Tedx, Poetry London Magazine and Poetry Salzburg Review.

    We were lucky enough to have a deep and insightful conversation with Taher, where we discussed relearning poetry, taking on criticism, battling with the ego, separating poetry from the self and trying to answer the biggest question of all: what makes a poet?

    • 1 hr 38 min
    044 - AJ+, Chasing Dreams and the Filmmaking Grind (Ahmad Asaad)

    044 - AJ+, Chasing Dreams and the Filmmaking Grind (Ahmad Asaad)

    Ahmad Asaad is an incredibly talented cinematographer and editor. Hailing from Texas and currently residing in DC, he works behind the scenes at AJ+, currently shooting and editing the ‘Backspace’ series, presented by Sana Saeed and produced by Sana and Nick Garbaty. He also uses his talents to elevate various short films and music videos, both for clients and as passion projects.

    In this episode, we’ll be discussing some of the grind that goes into AJ+, the balancing act between dream chasing and living in the moment, and the grind of filmmaking.

    • 31 min
    043 - The Prides and Pitfalls of Muslim Podcasting (Young n Muslim)

    043 - The Prides and Pitfalls of Muslim Podcasting (Young n Muslim)

    Young n Muslim is one of America’s favourite Muslim podcasts. Jibraeel and Mohammed endeavour to explore the real issues that young Muslim Americans experience, giving their own takes and personal experiences in a hilarious fashion that is rarely seen on the topic of Islam.  

    We’ll be speaking to the brothers on their journey, why they got into podcasting, the challenges they faced along the way and advice to those who want to start their own podcast.

    • 1 hr 26 min
    042 - Vocal Only Nasheeds & the Devilish Music Industry (Omar Esa)

    042 - Vocal Only Nasheeds & the Devilish Music Industry (Omar Esa)

    Omar Esa is an award-winning and chart topping nasheed artist who uses vocals only in his nasheeds. In his old life, he was a promising RnB/Pop singer who decided to leave music to focus on nasheeds after reconnecting with his faith. Omar has since topped the iTunes world chart multiple times and his nasheeds are watched and heard all across the globe.  

    We'll be having a conversation with this Nasheed sensation on his unapologetic approach to expressing his Muslimness and his faith, leaving behind a music industry rife with corruption and battling with the absence of instruments in his creative work.

    • 1 hr

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9 Ratings

9 Ratings

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Love this !

Amazing podcast!!!

RZehra ,

Great podcast!!

Love listening to this podcast and love the variety of guest speakers! Great conversations about how being a Muslim and Islam applies to various crafts within the art world. This podcast addresses the many expressions of mass creative arts that make reference to Islam and being a Muslim. It’s so interesting listening to various artists/creatives and how their work is able to transcend their own Islamic roots reflecting their unique perspective.

hafkhan1- ,

A fresh perspective

I feel like there’s so many different kinds of podcasts out there that focus on the Muslim American experience but this one specifically captures the conversation about Islam and how it relates to/ finds itself in so many aspects of entertainment, activism and our professional lives. Whether it be Hollywood, fashion, art or the importance of uplifting black voices in the Muslim communities- they hit the nail on the head. I feel like i find myself enjoying and and consuming art and content and participating in fashion and creative arts as if it’s exclusive from Islam, when in fact Islam plays a huge role in these parts of our lives. I never thought I’d be incorporating my god consciousness in a sneaker purchase, but here i am contemplating how i can’t do one without the other. Super excited to see/ hear more from this pod.

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