Fawzia Mirza

Fawzia Mirza is a Pakistani-Canadian Muslim comedian, actress and producer. She is the co-creator and star of the webseries Kam Kardashian.[1] She is currently working on projects relating to LGBT themes.[2]

Career

Mirza majored in English and political science in college, and then went to law school. After two years working as a lawyer, she changed professions to become an actor.[3] She has focused on projects relating to the LGBT community, particularly relating to being a queer Muslim woman,[3][4] "to gain visibility for women and brown performers, and find space for queer stories".[5]

Her one-woman show Me, My Mom and Sharmila explores growing up queer and South Asian;[6] in 2015 she performed it at the International Theatre Festival at the National College of Arts in Lahore.[4][7] Also in 2015, she appeared in Her Story,[8] a six-part series on the lives of trans and queer women.[9]

Mirza plays Ayesha Ali Trump, a fictional Muslim daughter of Donald Trump, in the mockumentary The Muslim Trump Documentary.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Kam Kardashian web series worth watching". Chicago Tribune. 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. ↑ Wicklund, Joel. "Newcity Pushes Its Indie Cred Into Filmmaking". Chicagoist. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  3. 1 2 Lubischer, Alex. "Fawzia Mirza shows strength on and off screen". Windy City Times date=2012-03-07. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  4. 1 2 "Life as a performance - TNS - The News on Sunday". TNS - The News on Sunday. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  5. ↑ Munir, Sarah (2015-04-06). "Unveiled: 'Nobody expects Muslim women to be comedians'". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ "Artist to perform solo play at Mathers Museum". Indiana Daily Student (Indiana University Bloomington). 2016-02-28.
  7. ↑ Ahmed, Shoaib (2015-04-01). "US artiste enthralls audience with Me, My Mom and Sharmila". www.dawn.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  8. ↑ "Her Story: What It's Like to Date for Trans Women | Advocate.com". The Advocate. 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  9. ↑ Talusan, Meredith (2016-01-21). "'Her Story' Is The Groundbreaking Trans And Queer Web Series You’ve Been Waiting For". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  10. ↑ "What if Donald Trump had a Muslim daughter?". CBC radio. 2016-03-17.

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