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Q & A with Zarqa Nawaz

Wednesday, Jun 25, 2014 at 6:58pm

Zarqa Nawaz, the name behind the hit television series Little Mosque on the Prairie, has recently released her memoir.

Entitled Laughing All the Way to the Mosque, the book tells the sometimes absurd, sometimes challenging, always funny stories of being Zarqa in a western society. From explaining to the plumber why the toilet must be within sitting arm's reach of the water tap (hint: it involves a watering can and a Muslim obsession with cleanliness "down there") to urging the electrician to place an eye-height electrical socket for her father-in-law's epilepsy-inducing light-up picture of the Kaaba, Zarqa paints a hilarious portrait of growing up in a household where, according to her father, the Quran says it's okay to eat at McDonald's -- but only if you order the McFish.

In anticipation of Laughing All the Way to the Mosque's release, we asked Ms. Nawaz a few questions about her book and about her writing in general.

You can find the full Q & A with her right here.

And you can find the hilarious new book inside of our stores, available in the Canadian Biography and New Non-Fiction sections.

Categories: Interview, Authors, Saskatoon, Winnipeg

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