Iman Zawahry - Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]

== Career ==

== Career ==

Zawahry is an associate professor and the director of the film production program at the [[University of Florida College of the Arts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Iman Zawahry |url=https://arts.ufl.edu/directory/profile/133931 |website=University of Florida College of the Arts |access-date=July 15, 2025}}</ref> She also serves as a U.S. State Department Arts Envoy, conducting filmmaking workshops and working in collaboration with international embassies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Advocacy |url=https://www.imanzawahry.com/advocacy |website=imanzawahry.com |access-date=July 15, 2025}}</ref>

Zawahry is an associate professor and the director of the film production program at the [[University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications|University of Florida College of the Journalism and Communications]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Iman Zawahry |url=https://arts.ufl.edu/directory/profile/133931 |website=University of Florida College of the Arts |access-date=July 15, 2025}}</ref>

Zawahry has directed multiple short films, including ''Tough Kabla'' and ''UnderCover''. Her work led to a collaboration with the Islamic Scholarship Fund to create the first Muslim-American Screenwriting Lab.<ref name=":1" />

Zawahry has directed multiple short films, including ''Tough Crowd'' and ''UnderCover''. Her work led to a collaboration with the Islamic Scholarship Fund to create the first American Muslim Film Grant.<ref name=":1" />

Her debut feature film, ''Americanish'', is considered the first American Muslim romantic comedy directed by an American Muslim woman. The film follows the lives of three Muslim women in Jackson Heights, Queens. It screened at numerous film festivals and won the Audience Award at the [[CAAMFest]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title='Americanish' dreams come true: UF professor debuts film about Muslim-Americans |url=https://www.wuft.org/entertainment/2021-11-19/americanish-dreams-come-true-uf-professor-debuts-film-about-muslim-americans |website=WUFT |date=November 19, 2021 |access-date=July 15, 2025}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Her debut feature film, ''Americanish'', is one of the first American Muslim romantic comedy films directed by an American Muslim woman. The film follows the lives of three Muslim women in Jackson Heights, Queens. It screened at numerous film festivals and won the Audience Award at the [[CAAMFest]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title='Americanish' dreams come true: UF professor debuts film about Muslim-Americans |url=https://www.wuft.org/entertainment/2021-11-19/americanish-dreams-come-true-uf-professor-debuts-film-about-muslim-americans |website=WUFT |date=November 19, 2021 |access-date=July 15, 2025}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

In 2022, Zawahry directed episodes of the Canadian comedy series ''Zarqa'', which was created by and stars Zarqa Nawaz. The series was broadcast on [[CBC Gem]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Little Mosque on the Prairie creator pens new comedy series |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/little-mosque-on-the-prairie-creator-pens-new-comedy-series-1.6206871 |website=CBC |date=October 10, 2021 |access-date=July 15, 2025}}</ref>

In 2022, Zawahry directed episodes of the Canadian comedy series ''Zarqa'', which was created by and stars Zarqa Nawaz. The series was broadcast on [[CBC Gem]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Little Mosque on the Prairie creator pens new comedy series |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/little-mosque-on-the-prairie-creator-pens-new-comedy-series-1.6206871 |website=CBC |date=October 10, 2021 |access-date=July 15, 2025}}</ref>

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| [[Sony Pictures International Productions]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Sony Pictures International Productions Picks Up Iman Zawahry Comedy 'Americanish' For Worldwide Distribution |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/sony-pictures-international-productions-acquires-americanish-1235217793/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=July 15, 2025}}</ref>

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