786 Boulevard

Aarish Mustafa built The Tailored Foundation from the ground up, which offers bespoke measure-to-measure suits for gentlemen. He joins Nouri, Ali & Hasnain to have a talk about entrepreneurship and building a successful business. The quartet also discuss freelancing vs. employment and our relationship to money.

1:50 - Relationship with work and business 

7:42 - Financial freedom

20:34 - What does a suit say about a man?

26:45 - Why suits?

29:35 - The process of designing a suit

32:12 - The time it takes to tailor a suit

35:00 - What does Ali Alvi really do in life?

37:02 - Challenges faced by businesses during COVID

30:01 - Building solid relationship with clients

40:48 - Did you ever feel like quitting?

49:25 - Our relationship to money

1.01:15 - How does one build a successful business?

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786 Boulevard is a podcast by Nouri Sardar, Hasnain Ali and Ali Alvi, who gather Muslims of all kinds to discuss culture, art, spirituality, and how the three intertwine.

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The Riz Test, inspired by Riz Ahmed's viral speech on minority representation, is a litmus test that holds Hollywood films to account for Muslim representation. Shaf Choudry of The Riz Test joins Nouri, Hasnain and Ali to talk Hollywood's horrible track record of Islamophobic tropes, why and how he co-founded The Riz Test, and whether or not the tides are changing with the emergence of Muslim Hollywood A-listers such as Riz, Hasan Minhaj, Ramy Youssef and others.

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 786 Boulevard is a podcast by Nouri Sardar, Hasnain Ali and Ali Alvi, who gather Muslims of all kinds to discuss culture, art, spirituality, and how the three intertwine.

Check us out on Instagram: @786Boulevard 

And Twitter: @786Boulevard

Netflix's Mosul, produced by Anthony and Joe Russo (Directors, Avengers: Infinity War & Endgame) and directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan (Screenwriter, World War Z, The Kingdom) tells the story of an elite Iraqi SWAT team battling ISIS in the last period of their occupation of Mosul. The gripping high octane action thriller cast real Iraqis to make the film as authentic as possible. Actors Thaer Al Shayei and Mohimen Mahbuba join Nouri and Hasnain to talk Iraqi, Arab and Muslim representation in film, why the story was important for them, and some of the films more controversial scenes. 

4:41 - Hasnain's thoughts and reactions to the film 

4:54 - What does the film mean to you? 

9:43 - Iraqi Identity 

20:25 - The film's depiction of the PMF 

32:14 - Religious diversity in the film 

36:35 - Suhail Dabbach's Acting 

41:46 - Hasnain's thoughts 

44:37 - Growing up in Iraq during turmoil 

47:22 - Mohimen's acting debut 

56:19 - What's next for the actors?

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786 Boulevard is a podcast by Nouri Sardar, Hasnain Ali and Ali Alvi, who gather Muslims of all kinds to discuss culture, art, spirituality, and how the three intertwine.

We're on the Podcast platforms below - subscribe!

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3f1svZ0

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/786boulevard

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3cDTnNf

Check us out on Instagram: @786Boulevard

And Twitter: @786Boulevard

Hira Qureshi, food reporter for USA today, focuses her writings and conversations around the Muslim-American food experiences. She parks up at 786 Boulevard to discuss celebrating Ramadan in lockdown, how food can be used to fight Islamophobia, and Muslim representation in the food reporting industry.

0.58 - What is your favourite kind of food?

4.00 - Ramadan in 2020

13.15 - Hira's food career 

18.55 - What can food do for the narrative for people?

23.15 - Food and identity

31.55 - Food media and misrepresentation

35.46 - Social media and food media

38.15 - Changing the industry

46.30 - Hira's Podcast

54.44 - What does Halal mean to you?

Farhan Momin, Masterchef Season 9 contestant and owner of Farmo Cooks, joins Nouri, Hasnain, and Ali for a discussion on how what we eat represents our identity, what halal says about Muslims in the West and how much we should really be spending on food!

Jeremy McLellan is using comedy to build bridges - the devout Christian also devotes his time to stand up and making Muslims laugh. He chats to Nouri, Hasnain and Ali about his journey into comedy, real interfaith engagement, and the spirituality that goes into his craft.