Yusef, a first-generation Pakistani engineering student, moves off-campus with a group of Muslim punks in Buffalo, New York. His new "un-orthodox" house mates soon introduce him to Taqwacore- a hardcore, Muslim punk rock scene that only exists out west. As the seasons change, Taqwacore influences the house more and more. The living room becomes a mosque during the day, while it continues to host punk parties at night. Ultimately, Yusef is influenced by Taqwacore too, as he be... (Full plot summary below)
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Yusef, a first-generation Pakistani engineering student, moves off-campus with a group of Muslim punks in Buffalo, New York. His new "un-orthodox" house mates soon introduce him to Taqwacore- a hardcore, Muslim punk rock scene that only exists out west. As the seasons change, Taqwacore influences the house more and more. The living room becomes a mosque during the day, while it continues to host punk parties at night. Ultimately, Yusef is influenced by Taqwacore too, as he begins to challenge his own faith and ideologies. The Taqwacores deals with the complexities of being young and Muslim in modern-day America.
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| NPRMark JenkinsIdeally, The Taqwacores should be seen with "Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam," a new documentary that provides a better sense of the scene's aims and motivations. Zahra's jumpy feature film captures much of taqwacore's energy, but less of its meaning. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayDeepens as it plays out, and rewards viewers who stick with it through the clumsier passages. The film is moving and thought-provoking. |
| Time OutSarah CohenWhat this rough-around-the-edges but hugely likeable film lacks in budget it more than makes up for in energy, visual flair and, yes, punk spirit. |
| Total FilmNeil SmithNever less than intriguing, but this is really little more than The Young Ones with a prayer mat. |
| Radio TimesDavid ParkinsonAn abrasive, but surprisingly non-subversive adaptation of Michael Muhammad Knight's cult 2004 novel about Muslim punks sharing digs in Buffalo, New York. |
| Little White LiesChloe RoddickFar-from perfect but bravely interrogates a difficult subject. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe actual Taqwacore movement is distilled in blatantly simplistic fashion, but Zahra does capture the novel's adolescent excitement, in which a new generation rediscovers rebellion all over again. |
| The ListKaleem AftabInitially such subversive and provocative characters come across as too crude to be credible. Yet the success of Zahra's film is to take these base elements and channel them into a film that explores identity crisis. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezEyad Zahra's The Taqwacores pays lip service to its characters with the same self-importance of a '90s-era episode of The Real World. |
| Empire MagazineEve BarlowStroppy rather than strident and as coherent as a Johnny Rotten rant, it fails to deliver a thoughtful statement on modern Muslim identity. |
