Getting to the Big Screen with Kashif Shaikh

Written By Yasmin Bendaas

This season on Me & My Muslim Friends, we’re featuring conversations with Changemakers. And on this episode, we’re sitting down with Kashif Shaikh, philanthropist and co-founder of the Pillars Fund. We’ll talk about the characterizations of Muslims in TV + film after 9/11 and how Pillars is backing Muslim filmmakers and writers in an effort to change the narrative.

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Episode Art by @teddycreates.

Original Music by Grant Livesay. Tracks include:

  • Diligence

  • Maunderer

  • Season 4 Trailer

Yasmin Bendaas
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