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Baba Ali (born Ali Ardekani) is the co-founder (along with Mahdi Ahmad) of UmmahFilms, a Muslim film company that has produced a web series including the "Reminder" series and "Ask Baba Ali" series.
A worker in the IT field by profession in California, Ardekani quickly rose to prominence within the online Muslim community with Ummah films that inform people about Islam in the West and discuss various Islamic topics. Using humor, Baba Ali's work has found its way to television on the Islam Channel (Broadcast in the UK) and he has become a frequent guest at various Muslim conferences and events (Including the ICNA-MAS convention and Evening of Inspiration). His efforts have been featured in The New York Times and USA Today. Baba Ali is currently writing the screenplay for a full length film. His films have grown widely popular on Youtube, gaining over 7 million views.[1]
Ali has also designed two board games, Mecca to Medina (a game about trading and negotiating, invented by Ali as an Islamic-themed game that can be played by all religions) and Kalimaat.
Conversion
Although born into an American Muslim family, Baba Ali claims he was raised in a secular Iranian family in America. Baba Ali said in one of his interviews that the only one that used to pray in his family was his grandmother, but that he thought it was a cultural thing to do. He says in a video on youtube that after abandoning his father in hospital he attended an islamic event. He started in search for the truth, going through all different religions and crossing off the ones he disagreed with on his list of religions. After attending the islamic event and causing much mayhem, he sat down and listened to a lecture. He says that the lecture meant a lot to him as it answered his questions and, in 24 hours he became muslim. Although his family and friends thought he was crazy, he came back less crazier than before. He was worshipping rocks before. Ever since he converted, he has stayed muslim, Alhamdulillah.[2]
Videography
Ask Baba Ali Series
- My Brother Has a Girlfriend
- Worrying & Aging Sister
- Little Backbiter
- Randomly Checked
- Racism & Pride
- Escaping the Holiday Party
- We're Just Friends
- The Art of Complaining
The Reminder Videos
- Half Our Deen
- You Won't Hear That at Jummah
- Marriage Interviews
- Improving Muslim Schools
- Why Islam
- Haram Police
- Pursuit of Cleanliness
- Parent Negotiations
- Fisibilillah Discount
- Arrogant People
- Ramadan Reruns
- That's not Hijab
- How Did You Convert
- Who Hijacked My Religion
- Culture vs. Islam
- Seasonal Muslims
- Distractions During Salat
- Muslim Characters at Work
- Muslim While Flying
- $25000 Muslim Weddings
- Spouse Online
- Funny Things at Jummah[3]
Baba Ali has also worked with Milo productions in a series called "Hurray for Baba Ali". Baba Ali takes a light-hearted approach to learning. The video is aimed at young children and the entire series consists of 13 episodes.[4]
References
- ^ YouTube - ummahfilms's Channel
- ^ 1
- ^ Videography
- ^ Hurray For Baba Ali
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