Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World is a 2005 film starring and directed by Albert Brooks.
It was shown at the Dubai International Film Festival.
Albert Brooks
Albert Lawrence Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein; July 22, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, writer and director.
He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987's "Broadcast News" and was widely praised for his performance in the 2011 film "Drive".
His voice acting credits include Marlin in "Finding Nemo" (2003) and "Finding Dory" (2016), Tiberius in "The Secret Life of Pets" (2016) and recurring guest voices for "The Simpsons", including Russ Cargill in "The Simpsons Movie" (2007) and Hank Scorpio.
He has written, directed, and starred in several comedy films, such as "Modern Romance" (1981), "Lost in America" (1985), and "Defending Your Life" (1991).
He is also the author of "2030:
The Real Story of What Happens to America" (2011).
Peri-Khan Sofiyeva
Peri-Khan Sofieva( 1884 – 1953), was the first female elected member of a parliament in the Muslim world.
Pia Miranda
Pia Miranda( born 15 June 1973) is an Australian actress whose career was launched with her role in the 2000 feature film" Looking for Alibrandi", an Australian film based on the novel of the same name by Melina Marchetta.
Miranda was the winner of" Australian Survivor" in 2019.
Dolors Bramon
Maria Dolors Bramon Planes( born 31 December 1943) is a Spanish philologist, historian, and university professor specializing in the Muslim world.
Steve Howard (sociologist)
William Stephen Howard( born March 21, 1953) is an American sociologist.
His studies and work focus upon social change in Africa and social movements within the Muslim world.
He has written about his experiences with the Muslim community in Sudan.
Howard is a professor and an associate director of graduate studies at Ohio University.
He works within the School for Media Arts and Studies in the Scripps College of Communications.
Steve Evets
Steve Evets( born Steven Murphy; 26 July 1959) is an English actor and musician, who found fame in the leading role in the 2009 film" Looking for Eric".
Mohammad Fazlhashemi
Seyyed Mohammad Fazlhashemi was born in Tehran/ Iran in 1961.
He has been living in Sweden since 1977.
He is a professor of Islamic Theology and Philosophy at Uppsala University, Sweden.
Until 2013, he was a professor of History of Ideas at the Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Umeå University, Sweden.
He obtained a PhD in 1994 with a thesis on the political thoughts of the Muslim thinker al- Ghazali( 1058 – 1111) and the development of political thinking in the Muslim world during the European Middle Ages.
His research has since focused on Islamic/ Muslim history of ideas during modern times.
In particular he has studied the perception of Europe/ the West and modernity in the Muslim world, the construction of the images of Europe/ the West and modernity in the Muslim world, the construction of the images of the West among Muslim scholars and the images of the Muslim Orient in the West.
His most recent published work is" Vems Islam?
De Kontrastrika Muslimerna",( Whose Islam?
The Multifaceted Muslims), 2008.
This book has been republished in 2009, 2012 and 2014.
Mohammad Fazlhashemi is a regular contributor to the Swedish radio and printed media on subjects relating to the role of Islam in the modern world.
Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud
Abu Bakr ‘ Aasim Ibn Abi al- Najud al -' Asadi( died 127AH/ 745CE), commonly known as ‘ Aasim ibn Abi an- Najud, was one of the seven primary transmitters of the Qira'at, or variant readings of the Qur'an.
Of Persian origin, his method of reciting the Qur'an as transmitted by Hafs is the most common and popular way of reciting the holy book in the Muslim world in general.
Though he lived much of his life in Kufa, he was associated with Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah due to a pact.
His fellow recitation transmitter Abu' Amr ibn al -' Ala' also studied under him.
Despite being from Kufa, Aasim's reading was not popular there at first.
Unlike most reciters in Kufa, he did not accept the pre-Uthmanic version of the Qur'an written by the companion of the Prophet, Abdullah ibn Masud; most of the people of Kufa continued reciting based on that version for a period even after the Uthmanic version became canon.
Eventually this changed with the standardization of the mushaf, and in time Aasim's reading became the norm for the Muslim world.
In fact, of the seven primary methods of recitation, only two have become particularly common in the Muslim world: that of Nafi in much of Africa outside of Egypt and that of Aasim in the rest of the Muslim world in general.
He died in the year 745 CE, corresponding to the year 127AH.
Sheetal Sheth
Sheetal Sheth is an American actress and producer.
She starred opposite Albert Brooks in his film" Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World".
She debuted to rave reviews in the films" ABCD" and" American Chai", and has appeared in the films" I Ca n't Think Straight" and" The World Unseen".
Sheth has been selected to represent such brands as CHI haircare and Reebok.
She was also the first Indian American to appear in Maxim magazine.

Question: Which country the director of film Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World is from?
Answer: America