After the Book Ends with Zarqa Nawaz - a podcast by Heather Down

Besides being the creator of the award-winning CBC series Little Mosque on the Prairie, Zarqa is an accomplished journalist and author. Her book, Laughing All the Way to the Mosque is a national best seller and was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock medal for humour. 

Tapping in all the way from Saskatchewan, I had the pleasure of chatting with Zarqa, learning that her first attempt at novel writing was met with trepidation from her publisher for being too crazy! Who knew that a woman Muslim writer could be too edgy for a mainstream publisher? Learn what she called her book and what she is working on now in Episode 4 of After the Book Ends.

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