Discover
Zarqa is a Canadian comedy web series, which premiered in 2022 on CBC Gem. The series stars Zarqa Nawaz as Zarqa, a divorced Muslim woman whose ex-husband is remarrying to a younger white yoga instructor; she responds by inventing a fake white boyfriend of her own and sets out to find an appropriate man to portray him as her date at the wedding, but ends up being drawn into a love triangle when Brian, the man she finds on a dating app, wants to establish a serious relationship rather than just being revenge arm candy, while at the same time Zarqa's former boyfriend Yusuf returns with an interest in rekindling their relationship.
Original Release
05/13/2022
Cast
Name | Character |
---|
Zarqa Nawaz | Zarqa |
Rob van Meenen | Brian |
Husnain Sher | Tariq |
Anand Rajaram | Hamza |
Kris Alvarez | Shazia |
Rizwan Manji | Yusuf |
Nimet Kanji | Nasreen |
Katie Murphy | Carol |
Dakota Ray Hebert | Lou Jane |
Darianne Galden | Bethany |
Loading...
# | Title | Air Date |
---|---|---|
1 | Pilot | Friday, 13 May 2022 |
2 | Welcome to the Show | Friday, 13 May 2022 |
3 | Baby Jesus and the Donkey | Friday, 13 May 2022 |
4 | Vagina Weights | Friday, 13 May 2022 |
5 | Mehndi Madness | Friday, 13 May 2022 |
6 | Season Finale | Friday, 13 May 2022 |
Directors
Elizabeth Whitmere, Candy Fox, Zarqa Nawaz, Iman Zawahry
Writers
Sadiya Durrani, Zarqa Nawaz, Claire Ross Dunn, Eva Thomas, Ambika Vas
Cast
Name | Character |
---|
Zarqa Nawaz | Zarqa |
Rob van Meenen | Brian |
Husnain Sher | Tariq |
Anand Rajaram | Hamza |
Kris Alvarez | Shazia |
Rizwan Manji | Yusuf |
Nimet Kanji | Nasreen |
Katie Murphy | Carol |
Dakota Ray Hebert | Lou Jane |
Darianne Galden | Bethany |
Aliza Vellani | Pinky |
Danny Balkwill | Officer Stanley |
Omar Alex Khan | Farooq |
Sangeeta Gupta | Sakeena |
Krystle Pederson | Lou Jane |
Gerald Lenton-Young | Ted |
Bonnie Senger | Susan |
Greg Ochitwa | Waiter |
Kayvon Khoshkam | Chef |
Pamela Haig Bartley | Susan |
Producers
Name | Role |
---|
Zarqa Nawaz | Executive Producer |
Claire Ross Dunn | Executive Producer |
Sadiya Durrani | Executive Producer |
Rizwan Manji | Producer |
Elizabeth Whitmere | Producer |
Sadiya Durrani | Producer |
Ell McEachern | Producer |
Dawn Bird | Producer |
Hannah Hermanson | Producer |