On a Wing and a Prayer

A nice story
an excellent look at one family's struggle to adjust as muslims in the US. Well done.

Great gift
I keep buying this video to give as a gift. Here's why:
There's adventure - learning to fly
there's humor - Monem's first solo flight is hilarious
there's beauty - the shots of flying over Mt. Baker are spectacular
there's some family drama - negotiating the cost of learning to fly
and then - there's some social commentary on what it means to be a Muslim in the United States.

This kind of movie fits the bill for a lot of people on my gift list.

Humorous, uplifting, insightful
This is seriously funny video. The premise of an American Muslim taking flying lesson after 9/11 is brilliant. The observations in the broader context of what it means to be a very typical suburban American family while also keeping faith with Islam is thought-provoking. I keep sharing this with friends and family, especially those in the US.

Moneem Salam's documentary is a powerful antidote for vicious mis-characterisations of Muslims in the US.

Moneem and his wife, Iman, were courageous in opening their lives and home to public view. I certainly found the result to be powerful with a well-judged mix of humour and serious observations. I laughed and I cried a bit too. I have been away from the US for most of my adult life and sometimes despair of the direction our home country is going but when I see the resilience and good nature of Americans in addressing stigmatisation, I feel hope that reason and fairness will prevail, with work and perseverance...

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