The Taqwacores (film)

The Taqwacores
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEyad Zahra
Screenplay byEyad Zahra
Michael Muhammad Knight
Story byMichael Muhammad Knight (novel)
Produced byDavid Perse
Allison Carter
Nahal Ameri
StarringDominic Rains
Bobby Naderi
Noureen DeWulf
CinematographyJP Perry
Edited byJosh Rosenfield
Music byOmar Fadel
Release date
  • January 24, 2010 (2010-01-24) (Sundance)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Taqwacores is a 2010 film adaptation of the 2003 novel The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight. The film was directed by Eyad Zahra and stars Bobby Naderi, Dominic Rains, and Noureen Dewulf. The film imagines a fictitious Islamic punk rock scene through characters living in a punk house in Buffalo, New York. It was filmed in Cleveland, Ohio.