| Release Date: | Summer 2008 |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Studio: | Leechon Films |
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| Starring: | Belal Khan, Jane Aslam, Abdul-Qahhar Vaughan, Abed Mubarek, Omar Suleiman, Maqsood Ahmad, Asif Hoda, Sr. Jenny, Mohammad Siddique, Fahme Sabry, AbdurRahman Bashir, Hammam Ansari, Imam Wali Abdel Raoof, Abdullah Shakows |
| Directed By: | Belal Khan |
| Produced By: | Belal Khan |
| Plot Outline: | Disaster knows no prejudice. Whether you are black, white, yellow, orange, purple, Muslim or non-Muslim....when disaster strikes, it doesn't discriminate. It affects everyone. Muslims in the media are portrayed as people who cause disasters. What they don't portray is that Muslims are people who are in the forefront whenever disasters strike. And Tufaan wants to shed light on stories that were not covered in mainstream media. Tufaan, which is Arabic for "Great Storm" is about people's persona... (read more) |
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August 28 9:25pmNikon Releases The First REAL Photo-Video Camera
Nikon recently released the D90 which is the first in its own category. Its a camera that takes amazing still photos and has the ability to shoot real HD video footage. Watch the video that the New York Times released about the camera and what it can do here: New Photo Revolution – After having watched that video I’m really excited to see what other cometitors such as Canon and Sony c...
August 7 8:53pmUpcoming Stuff and Updates on Projects
I’m leaving for Houston, TX tomorrow on a project. It’ll be nice to experience some “Hosnatality” Below is a list of topics I’ll be blogging about in the near future. I also want to use this opportunity to ask YOU what topics YOU want ME to blog about here. Post it in the comments and lay it out! Topics to keep your eyes out for in the future: Follow up post w/ vide...
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For the upcoming AlMaghrib seminar in New York and in London, UK…I present to you all the Torch Bearers Trailer! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOYwG_gALV8 This video was done mostly in Adobe After Effects. Many thanks to Andrew Cramer over a VideoCopilot.net for his tutorials and products on learning Adobe After Effects. This was my seconds project involved with After Effects and I must s...
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The Canon is the on the loose! I’m about to become a raving fan of Canon. If you guys have been keeping up with some of the stuff I’ve been writing about you’ll notice that I’ve begun taking quite an interest in recent Canon products. See the following previous posts I made on the subjects of: Canon HV20/30 and HF100 cameras Canon Powershot Digital Cameras A friend of mi...
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June 11 12:30amCreate A Clean Archives Page With SRG Clean Archives
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