Marin Ireland has taken the lead role in Muslimah, Jamil Munoz’s debut feature for indie producers and film financiers Dweck Productions and Vanishing Angle.
The indie drama will see Ireland play Diana, an American convert to Islam who moves to upstate New York with her young son, Nabil, after the events of September 11th, 2001.
Other Muslims in the community welcome Diana, until she meets and falls for Hassan, a cab driver and Somali refugee. The social pressure forces Diana to make a choice between preserving her faith or following her heart.
Munoz also penned the script for Muslimah, which is loosely based on his own experiences as a Muslim American living in upstate New York.
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