We are extremely grateful to the participants of this oral history project, who graciously agreed to be interviewed. It hardly needs saying that without their participation, there would be no oral history of the Dundas Street mosque:
- Bedri Bylukbashi
- Mustapha Djukic
- Alia Hogben
- Murray Hogben
- Talat Moinuddin
- Dr Afzalunnisa Syed
- Dr Rahman Syed
- Dr Fuad Shahin
- Solmaz Shahin
- Amjad Syed
We thank the members of the project’s Advisory Committee, especially for their expertise in helping us refine our goals for the project, and for assistance on filming day:
- Selma Djukic
- Nadeem Memon
- Naheed Mustafa
- Syed Reza
We greatly appreciate The Olive Tree Foundation for recognizing the vision behind the project, and for providing the much needed funds. We are grateful to the International Development & Relief Foundation (IDRF), whose co-sponsorship and in-kind support made it possible. Also thanks to Rabia Khan and Anees Munshi for a generous donation for other expenses related to the project.
A number of people helped in the research phase of the project, as we tracked down those who had been involved with the Dundas Street mosque. We are grateful for their having taken the time to answer our questions, share their memories and help us with our research into the Dundas St mosque:
- Jean Ali
- Farouk Bairic
- Addulvehab Hoxha
- Hamid Hussain
- Nimat Karaci
- Mary Karim
- Dr. Rehmath Shah Khan
- Yaqoob Khan
- Imam Abdul Hai Patel
- Khwaja Imtiaz Uddin
- Zubeda Vahed
- Dr Anab Whitehouse
- Gulam Ahmed Moledina
And finally, we thank Jawad Jafry and his team at Imaan Communications (Morshed Abul Ala (Web Design/Programming), Hugues Cormier (Camera/Lighting), M. Shakil Nundloll (TTI Logo Design)) for their excellence and professionalism in executing the technical aspects of the project. Jawad deserves especial thanks for going beyond the call of duty in his commitment to the project and assisting us in seeing it through to completion.
To all of you, jazakum allahu khairan. (May God give you good.)