Barack Hussein Obama
Watch “Barack Hussein Obama,” an intra-American Muslim reflection about America’s 44th President featuring the characters Imam Mustafa Khan (played by Khurram Mozaffar) and his wife Ayesha Khan (played by Fawzia Mirza). The perceived performance of President Obama becomes subtext for their marital tensions in the wake of the mosque controversy.
Introduction
Two suburban American families living in Naperville, IL -one Christian, the other Muslim- find their lives torn apart by a proposal to build a new mosque in their community.
Please respond to the questions below and/or post any comments or suggestions you may have.
1. How does “Barack Hussein Obama” deepen your understanding of the characters Imam Mustafa Khan and Ayesha Khan? What new insights did you gain about the characters?
2. How (or how not) are the characters’ perceived perceptions of President Obama’s leadership style a helpful mechanism for illuminating the tensions between Imam Mustafa and Ayesha over the mosque controversy?
3. Should content from “Barack Hussein Obama” end up in the final version of Mosque Alert? If so, what content should that be?
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Written by
Jamil Khoury
Cast
Don Bender
Nick Cimino
Melissa Kong
Fawzia Mirza
Khurram Mozaffar
Justine Serino
Crew
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Deann Baker
Lead Funder
