ZARQA

About the Show

ZARQA (6x10, Comedy, FUNdamenalist Films, 2022, Canada) follows its titular character, a complex, middle-aged Muslim woman (played by Zarqa Nawaz, Little Mosque on the Prairie) who learns on social media that her ex-husband is marrying a white yoga instructor half his age named Bethany. Zarqa impulsively comments that she will attend the wedding with her own cliché: a white brain surgeon named Brian. Now she just has to find him. The comical chaos continues with the arrival of Zarqa’s former love interest, Yusuf (Rizwan Manji, Schitt’s Creek).

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Program Name

ZARQA

Program Type

Digital

Appears On

CBC Gem

Genre

Scripted

Schedule

ZARQA (6x10) begins streaming on CBC Gem on Friday, May 13.

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Press Releases

CBC AND LITTLE MOSQUE ON THE PRAIRIE’S ZARQA NAWAZ REUNITE FOR NEW CBC GEM COMEDY SERIES “ZARQA”

CBC AND LITTLE MOSQUE ON THE PRAIRIE’S ZARQA NAWAZ REUNITE FOR NEW CBC GEM COMEDY SERIES “ZARQA”

Award-winning Canadian film and television producer, author, journalist, and internationally renowned thought leader for Muslim women in media, Zarqa Nawaz, is delighted to announce the start of production on a new original comedy series for CBC Gem, ZARQA (6x11) Read More »

Program Name

ZARQA

Program Type

Digital

Appears On

CBC Gem

Genre

Scripted

Schedule

ZARQA (6x10) begins streaming on CBC Gem on Friday, May 13.

Bios

No related Bios.
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