Zaki Hasan

Born and raised in Chicago — with a decade-long detour in Saudi Arabia — before settling in the San Francisco Bay Area, Zaki Hasan is a professor of communication and media studies, and co-founder of Mr. Boy Productions, an LA-based independent film and video company.  A lifelong pop culture buff, Zaki has been a media scholar and critic for more than fifteen years. He is co-author of Quirk Books’ Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture, and his work has also been featured in Q-News, Illume, and The Huffington Post.  Since 2004, his award-winning blog Zaki’s Corner has been his one-stop forum for musings on news, media, politics, and pop culture.

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