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IN REEL LIFE

A Blog by Reel Nation Media

News, behind the scenes, insights, stories, reviews, and other fun stuff.

  • Jan 16, 2017
  • 3 min read

Updated: Oct 8, 2018



Hello, my name is Waseeq Mohammad, and you might be wondering why I’m introducing myself or at least some of you might. Well friends, I am a new member of the Reel Nation Media team and I am honored to be going on this blog adventure of ours. As captain of this blog-ship, it’s my job to make sure I’m providing you with valuable content that is both inspiring and entertaining. Please let me know what you think as you read through the articles we will be sending your way. If there’s anything in particular you really like, tell us and we can try to release more content like that or if there is something that’s maybe not as cool tell us why you thought so. We would love to improve and your assistance is most certainly appreciated. In fact, I’m actually going to be counting on it because the goal of Reel Nation Media's blog is to provide valuable content alongside our films. It is a way to engage with our audience; to inspire and entertain.

From producer Abdullah Abu-Mahfouz: "In Reel Life" is Reel Nation Media's new blog. It's in it's baby steps right now, so we look forward to growing it and improving through the years! The goals of the blog is to provide insight on our current productions (like how we are going with Stand Up), become a leading source in media philosophy and on inspiring media, create a FAQ list on our nation, engage with you, our audience, become your go to source for media reviews, and to ultimately reform media to a healthy state. 2017 is going to be big for us, and this is one of the biggest additions to the nation. We're so excited to learn and grow alongside you!


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Well that’s basically all I wanted to share with you guys in terms of why I wanted to introduce myself and what we are all about.

A little bit more about myself: I was born in Pakistan and raised in Houston, Texas although my southern accent is quite weak. I am the youngest of four siblings, we get along pretty well now that we are all old and wise, jk I’m not old and wise. I graduated from Texas A&M University. My interests include films, writing, and video games. I'm a big fan of tea and coffee; I could go to a coffee shop every day and not get tired of it. For writing, I’m interested in mostly fantasy, sci-fi, children’s books, and poetry. I’m always up for a good book recommendation. I am currently writing a novel but it might be a while until it hits the shelves. My favorite video game genre would have to be RPGs and some of my favorites are XCOM, Mass Effect, Legend of Zelda (Link is so cool his games don’t even need to be RPGs ;p) and Banner Saga. For films, besides what Reel Nation Media has created hehe, it would have to be the Dark Knight Trilogy. "A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended." - Batman

I’ve actually always been interested in films, but it wasn’t until now that I have been able to do something with this passion of mine. I hope to continue my work here and learn even more about the film industry and become an active part of it.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, I hope I managed to make you at least chuckle if not there’s always next time :D

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And if there’s anything else you want to know about me feel free to comment below and I’ll get back to you, you’re also more than welcome to introduce yourself so that I can learn more about you as well and with that we at RNM would like to say Keep it Reel!

Updated: Oct 8, 2018


So how do Syrian Refugees live in the USA? Well that is the exact question I asked when I learned a year ago that Allentown PA, a town near me, was accepting Syrian Refugees into its community. The issue is now a hot topic with all the elections and debates going on in the popular media. Some will say "yes accept them with open arms!" Others will say "no, they're a danger to our communities. Some may be associated with terrorism. Look at what happened to Europe." My opinion fell somewhere in the middle, but, of course like most people, I was ignorant.

What is the true effect of these families settling in my home, the USA? How does the USA effect and change them? What is the true story and motivations behind these families? And most importantly, how do they relate to us?

I was told by a wise teacher that you will never truly know a people until you sit down with their children at their dinner table/mat. To answer my questions, I aimed to do just that, and film it.


Abdullah Abu-Mahfouz filming with Syrian Refugees in the USA

My film Refuge seeks to answer the questions above. For the next few weeks, I will relate the story of my filming and beautiful experience of getting to know a lovely family that I learned to call my own. This blog series (hopefully to become a video series) will explore this journey step by step. I hope you join me by signing up at www.reelnationmedia.com/refuge. As I edit and film the last few sequences, you will be able to get an exclusive insight and even contribution to the creation of my film: the answer of How do refugees live in the USA?

Have you seen the teaser trailer for the film? Watch below!


Please feel free to comment below on what you'd like to see and if you have any ideas on how we can better go through this journey together. Looking forward to it guys!

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  • Aug 23, 2016
  • 1 min read


Blog Coming Soon!

As project and company development is progressing at Reel Nation Media, we have come to a point where we are ready to announce that our blogging will be expanding shortly. Our blog will include news and insights on our developments, productions, and distributions along with news on film, discussions about media, and Q&A’s with our artists and other creatives within the media industry. Our blog will be presented in many formats including: text, image galleries, video series, and podcasts.

Long time Reel Nation Media followers will remember "Funny Biz", an early blog by Abdullah Abu-Mahfouz and Daniel Bills.


We are excited to announce this because it means now we have a huge outlet to become involved with the community and our market. It also give you a huge chance to get involved in what we do and even how we do it. We can’t wait to contribute to the discourse in the media and to also inspire, motivate, and change ourselves, you, and the world.

Please stay tuned as we sort this out so we can deliver the best content and value we can to you. Until then…

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