"The Muslim diaspora community is really unique. It’s a community in some ways that is formed out of necessity, because it also a very diverse community of people from so many different backgrounds who are coming together, and creating community due to a shared religious identity. A lot of the film for me was an exploration in where, how and why our communities in the U.S. find common ground with one another and how that has shaped our story in the U.S. Unfortunately, I do feel that a lot of the bond in the community is rooted in shared trauma especially after 9/11. I think that marked a turning point for a lot of people who started to identify, perhaps not with their parents’ homeland necessarily, but as Muslim-Americans. In some ways our film is following the trajectory of that change and journey."
-Nausheen Dadabhoy, Filmmaker
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