Zarqa Nawaz (Born 1968 in Liverpool, England) is a British-Canadian Muslim woman of South Asian origin, raised in the Toronto area and attended Chinguacousy Secondary School. She is a freelance writer, journalist, broadcaster, and filmmaker living in Regina, Saskatchewan. Initially, Zarqa planned to go to medical school. She completed a Bachelor of Science degree from Univerisy of Toronto. She completed a second degree in journalism at Ryerson Un...
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Zarqa Nawaz (Born 1968 in Liverpool, England) is a British-Canadian Muslim woman of South Asian origin, raised in the Toronto area and attended Chinguacousy Secondary School. She is a freelance writer, journalist, broadcaster, and filmmaker living in Regina, Saskatchewan. Initially, Zarqa planned to go to medical school. She completed a Bachelor of Science degree from Univerisy of Toronto. She completed a second degree in journalism at Ryerson University in 1992. She worked with CBC Radio, CBC Newsworld, CBC Television's The National, and CTV's Canada AM, and was an associate producer of several CBC Radio programs including Morningside. Her 1992 radio documentary The Changing Rituals of Death won multiple awards at the Ontario Telefest Awards. Stating that she became "bored of journalism", she took a summer film workshop at the Ontario College of Art & Design and began working as a filmmaker, using comedy to explore the relationships between Muslims and their neighbours in...
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