Career
A worker in the IT field by profession in California, Ali (along with Mahdi Ahmad) co-founded Ummah Films, a Muslim film company which attempts to provide Halal (Islamically permissible) entertainment to Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Ali quickly rose to prominence within the online Muslim community with Ummah Films, which discusses various Islamic topics using humor. The company has produced several web series, including “The Reminder Series” and “Ask Baba Ali.”
Ali has appeared on the Islam Channel and he has become a frequent guest at various Muslim conferences and events including the ICNA-MAS convention, Evening of Inspiration and the Global Peace and Unity Event.
In 2000, he founded rap group, Soldiers of Allah, and their album “1924” earned notable success. In 2003, the group disbanded.
Ali has also designed two board games. In 2006, he designed Mecca to Medina, a board game about trading and negotiating with an Islamic-theme that can be played by all religions. Seven people invested $18,000 and made a 24% profit. In 2010, he designed Kalimaat, a game about common knowledge and memory.
In 2011, Ali founded Muslim matrimonial website, Half Our Deen.
Ali has traveled the world doing stand-up to a wide range of Muslim and non-Muslim audiences. He has traveled to over 30 cities and has performed all over the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, performing for audiences as large as 37,000 and for all ages including youth as young as nine. He has been reviewed in The New York Times, USA Today and Los Angeles Times as well as featuring in seven episodes of DirecTV’s “The Fizz News.”
He is currently writing the screenplay for a full length film.
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