“Being Bilal” first British Muslim unscripted reality show hits TV screens

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Wednesday 02 Sep 2015 - 13:04 Makkah mean time-18-11-1436 (Image from Al-Arabia) London, (IINA) - Just over a year into its broadcast, British Muslim TV launches the world’s first British Muslim unscripted reality TV show “Being Bilal,” featuring the life of British-born doctor-turned-community activist Bilal Hassam, according to Al-Arabia News channel. “Being Bilal” depicts what the award-winning multi-faith team behind it describes as “unapologetic, entertaining and often inspiring reconciliation of British and Muslim identities.” The 28-year-old star of the show Hassam, who hails from Leicester, has spent the past 10 years fitting in a frenetic schedule of faith-based community projects in the UK and around the world, while hanging up his stethoscope and emerging as a community activist. “I’d like people to see that being a British Muslim comes in many different shapes and sizes, and that’s a wonderful thing - wonderful for Muslims and wonderful for Britain,” Hassam told Al-Arabiya on Tuesday. The unscripted reality TV show features the life of the British doctor who turned into a community activist. The producer of the Muslim serious, Tariq Chow, was inspired by the work of Hassam who spent the past decade in civil work, while pursuing his medical career. Chow “wanted to capture that story convinced it could transform the way both Muslims and non-Muslims understand what it means to be a British Muslim,” said Hassam. “I get to experience a wide diversity of the British Muslim community and meet with senior community figures, scholars, artists and celebrities, as well as hang around with average blokes struggling along like everyone else. Launched in June 2014, British Muslim TV channel joined a growing number of specialized broadcasting channels targeting the growing Muslim minority. The channel cast aimed to create a content that reflects the different voices of the Muslim community in the UK and to embody the tag line “Confidently Muslim, Comfortably British”. SM/IINA