We are so grateful to Participant, who supported the lab, our partner The Blackhouse Foundation, and the talented industry instructors, Qasim Basir, Hanelle Culpepper, DMA, and Fanshen Cox, for seeing the value of these creators’ voices and stories. While the scripts are written from the lens of Black Muslims, their stories about life, love, adventure, work and family are universal. The Television Screenwriting Lab for Black Muslim Writers was created to begin to open a pathway for writers who have not been represented in television, but whose perspectives and stories are needed now more than ever. Shabazz, Maria Warith Wade, Nadra Widatalla, and Sekinat Jumai Yusuf for completing the lab and generating industry interest in their scripts! ![]() Congratulations to the inaugural cohort of Black Muslim Television Writers: Maram Ahmed, Desha Dauchan, Aiman Mimiko, Thembisa S.
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