Author Archives: dianewatt
THE COOL CIYAAL TAKE NEW YORK!
Check out Kayf and Hodan’s Vlog about their recent trip to Hampton’s International Film Festival, where their award winning video – Three Things You Should Know About My Hijab – […]
Changing The World, One Film at a Time
Kayf & Hodan are interviewed about their work by Joanne Pilgrim for Women Across Frontiers Magazine (HIFF 2015)
3 Things You Should Know About My Hijab Screened at Youth Event in Times Square
Kayf Abdulqadir’s award-winning video – 3 Things You Should Know About My Hijab – was screened on November 3 in Times Square! This short video is certainly making the rounds! Shot […]
“3 Things you should know about my hijab” selected to screen at Hamptons International Film Festival
Kay Abdulqadir’s video “3 Things you should know about my Hijab” has been selected to screen at this year’s Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF 2015). The screening will be on […]
Why do youth new literacy practices outside of school matter?
In June, Fartousa, Hodan, Kayf and I traveled to Philadelphia to screen a rough cut of our documentary at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Media Literacy Education. […]
Hodan & Kayf offer advice to teachers
New roles for teachers and students in the digital classroom? In this clip YouTubers Kayf Abdulqadir and Hodan Hujaleh offer advice to teachers who don’t know anything about video production.
Screening our Documentary at NAMLE Philadelphia
Session: Muslim, Female, YouTubers Speak Back: Collaborating on a Documentary for Teacher Education Presenters: Diane Watt, Fartousa Siyad, Kayf Abdulqadir, Hodan Hujaleh During this session we share our experiences collaborating […]
Preparing to Co-Present at Upcoming Academic Conferences
We are currently preparing to present our work at two upcoming conferences being held at the University of Ottawa, as follows: 1) Writing Muslim youth perspectives into Canadian curriculum theorizing: […]
PLURAL+ Insight 2014: Kayf Abdulqadir is commended
http://www.insightfestival.co.uk/2014/11/plural-insight-2014-kayf-abdulqadir/ Kayf Abdulqadir, a young filmmaker from Canada, has been commended for the PLURAL+ Insight Award 2014 for her film ’3 Things You Should Know About My Hijab’ This whirlwind […]
Muslim Female YouTubers Speak Back 