Semiotics of Islam Synopsis
From A-Z, symbols of faith and articles of ritual found in a Muslim home are set against a backdrop of alarmist, media misinformation that only foments further misunderstanding and ignorance.
Semiotics of Islam was an official selection of the 2016 WVN Online Film Festival.
About the Filmmaker
Fouzia Najar is a Kashmiri-American filmmaker from Buffalo, NY. She has worked for award winning production companies such as Kartemquin Films, ABC News, and Jigsaw Productions, and her work has aired on The Weather Channel and CNN. Najar most recently worked on a documentary series that examines the death penalty in America and on developing a new miniseries on genius. She received her MFA from Hunter College in Integrated Media Arts, a program dedicated to innovative storytelling over transmedia platforms. Find more of Fouzia’s work at https://vimeo.com/user4511151.
