Aqsa Altaf's guest appearances

Aqsa Altaf

The Halal Gap

Rukus Avenue Radio

Muslims Doing Things

Salma Hindy

Misha Euceph

Reza Aslan

Zainab Johnson

Khalida Brohi

Rana El Kaliouby

Tahereh Mafi

Ramy Youssef

Maytha Alhassen

Sahar Shafi

Omar Sayyed

Isra Chaker

Yasmin ElHady

Mona Haydar

Abdullah Saeed

OwlTail

Aqsa Altaf, director of the Disney+ short “American Eid”,  joins us from LA! She talks to Sikandar and Sofia about growing up in a migrant community in Kuwait and becoming the breadwinner of her family at the age of 18. Aqsa also discusses moving to the US, her short film “One Small Step”, working with child actors, and the barriers that those of lower socioeconomic status face while pursuing the arts. We also celebrate being named one of the Best 20 Muslim Podcasts by Feedspot, woo!

Aqsa Altaf, director of the Disney+ short “American Eid”,  joins us from LA! She talks to Sikandar and Sofia about growing up in a migrant community in Kuwait and becoming the breadwinner of her family at the age of 18. Aqsa also discusses moving to the US, her short film “One Small Step”, working with child actors, and the barriers that those of lower socioeconomic status face while pursuing the arts. We also celebrate being named one of the Best 20 Muslim Podcasts by Feedspot, woo!

Episode 35 - Aqsa Altaf

Aqsa Altaf is a writer and director whose recent film, American Eid, can be streamed on Disney +. Aqsa is the daughter of Pakistani and Sri Lankan migrants. She was raised within a migrant community in Kuwait before finding her way to a community college in Los Angeles. From there, Aqsa worked her way to USC's film school and dedicated her career to storytelling. Aqsa is and was one of six filmmakers selected by Disney for their Launchpad program, which allowed Aqsa to create the short film American Eid. If you are one of the 100m+ subscribers to Disney +, watch American Eid today.  Follow Aqsa on Instagram Follow Aqsa on Twitter Check out Aqsa's website  Follow me, the host @laylool, on IG --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laylool/message

Aqsa Altaf is a writer and director whose recent film, American Eid, can be streamed on Disney +. Aqsa is the daughter of Pakistani and Sri Lankan migrants. She was raised within a migrant community in Kuwait before finding her way to a community college in Los Angeles. From there, Aqsa worked her way to USC's film school and dedicated her career to storytelling. Aqsa is and was one of six filmmakers selected by Disney for their Launchpad program, which allowed Aqsa to create the short film American Eid. If you are one of the 100m+ subscribers to Disney +, watch American Eid today. <ul> <li>Follow Aqsa on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aqsaaltaf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li> <li>Follow Aqsa on <a href="https://twitter.com/AqsaAltaff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.aqsaaltaf.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out Aqsa's website</a></li> </ul> Follow me, the host <a href="https://www.instagram.com/laylool/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@laylool</a>, on IG --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laylool/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laylool/message</a>

Aqsa Altaf directed American Eid