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Tech & Media Exec, Board Director, ✍️ "Our Turn" OG Twitter, CBC, Hallmark Channel, YGL. Chair Blink49Studios.

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LA filmmakers and storytellers with Muslim roots. Comment “invite” to receive the link to the member application.

Musly, the private members’ club for exciting Muslims is hosting an invite-only evening with actor, director, and former Canadian Consul General Zaib Shaikh, and former Head of the CBC, VP Twitter North America Kirstine Stewart.

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The energy in the room said it all. We brought together an incredible community at The Muslim House® at @tiff_net and these candid moments captured exactly why it mattered. Real conversations, real connection, real representation. Grateful to everyone who showed up and made this space feel like home.

Thanks so much to our Animation Without Borders” panelists, Barbara Lee (Founder & Board Chair of the @resoorg), Flordeliza Dayrit (Director of Time Hoppers), Sadia Ashraf (Director & Founder of Rising Tides Films), and @tareqhadhad (Founder & CEO of @peacebychocolate).

A special thanks to @hassanbabar_ for his great day-of-event help and to our wonderful photographers @alokailyhussain and @ozahmed_.

Photography by @ozahmed_ _

#themuslimhouse #tiff2026

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Thank you to @mpachollywoodbureau for creating The Muslim House - a space for creatives to learn and share at @tiff_net
It was particularly meaningful to see friends, make new ones, and create community within our community. Ideas flowing, minds blowing.
Attended a breakfast on Sunday then had a panel on Tuesday- the first panel on which @strizzzyeverywhere and I sat together. Alhumdullilah.
Grateful for this space, this vision, and these people.
Much more to come InshaAllah. Blessings.
@mim_mdm @mpac_national

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🚨 Did you miss an episode of Trailblazing Talks?

Summer is a perfect time to catch up! 🎙️✨

We’ve had some pretty incredible guests, fascinating stories, unexpected insights and plenty of those “hmmm… I never thought about it that way” moments.

🎙️LINKS IN BIO.
Scroll through, pick an episode, and hit play.

There’s lots to discover before Season 4!

🤩 Here’s a look back at some of the incredible guests who stopped by 💕

@camila_gonzalez
@matt__runs
@elizabeth.april
@carole_pope
@kstew_1
@avehaines
@themindsetlab_teens
@cait.alexander

#inspiration #podcast #interview #behindthescenes talkshow

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“Creation is the lowest bar to cross. What we have a problem with is discovery.” 📱✨

Global Media & Tech Executive Kirstine Stewart shares a game-changing perspective on the creator economy, live at The Muslim House® during SXSW.

Putting high-powered cameras in everyone’s hands turned the world into creators overnight, but it also flooded the space. Today, the true barrier isn’t making content—it’s getting found.

Smart creators are using AI as an engine for audience discovery, bypassing traditional media middlemen to build direct, lasting relationships with their community.

Produced by the @MPAChollywoodBureau with the support of @Dorisdukefdn

#KirstineStewart #SXSW #TheMuslimHouse #MPAC #CreatorEconomy AIDiscovery DigitalStrategy MediaTech ContentCreators DirectToAudience FutureOfMedia

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Happy Canada Day - Bonne Fête du Canada

#canada🇨🇦 #canada

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Want to know where storytelling is headed next? Listen to someone who’s seen the future from the inside.

Kirstine Stewart—former member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum and VP of Twitter North America, offers a powerful perspective on the intersection of storytelling and technology, and what we should expect in the years ahead.

Her lens on media is both global and deeply practical. Don’t miss this 🔥

🎧 Link in Bio
👇🏼 Listen + subscribe
📲 Share with your community
💬 Comment “Kirstine” and we’ll DM you the full episode.

Check out Kristine’s Substack : “I Hate to Tell You, Darling” is a look behind the scenes of leadership from someone who’s moved from the reception desk to the corner office of some of the biggest companies in the world : https://open.substack.com/pub/kirstine

Host / Producer = Kate Campbell
Executive Producer = Marina Cordoni
Sound Engineer = Jannah Tawfik
Produced by = Trailblazing Talks Team 💪

#worldeconomicforum #tech #storytelling #futuretech #twitter

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Discover the secrets of leadership from Kirstine Stewart, the trailblazing author, advisor, media & tech executive and former VP at Twitter North America, and former EVP at the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
In this must-listen conversation, she dives into the often-overlooked question: What does a leader truly look like? Uncover the key to being at ease in your own authentic self to lead with confidence. Don’t miss this captivating discussion with a top executive!

🎧 Link in Bio
👇🏼 Listen + subscribe
📲 Share with someone who needs to hear this!
💬 Comment “Kirstine” and we’ll DM you the full episode.

Check out Kristine’s Substack : “I Hate to Tell You, Darling” is a look behind the scenes of leadership from someone who’s moved from the reception desk to the corner office of some of the biggest companies in the world : https://open.substack.com/pub/kirstine

Host / Producer = Kate Campbell
Executive Producer = Marina Cordoni
Sound Engineer = Jannah Tawfik
Produced by = Trailblazing Talks Team 💪

#leadership #ceo #csuite #authenticity #twitter

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May 2026 kicks off a month of anniversaries, birthdays, mothers’ days & even wedding bells for the Shaikh-Stewart household so, these throwback 📸 are a shout out from the rooftops to 15 years of a blissed & blessed life with the Mrs.

From mountaintops to oceansides, from championships to preseasons, from runways to boardrooms, from top floors to street views, from lockdowns to getdowns, Alhumdolillah to it all &
InshAllah to many more beyond 🤲🏽💕🎆

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I had a conversation with Kirstine and asked a simple question:
What do most women get wrong about building a business?

Her answer made me pause.
It wasn’t about strategy.
It wasn’t about funding.
It wasn’t even about ideas.

It was this:
The hesitation and the need for permission.
The waiting for certainty before taking action.
The need to be perfect before starting.

And yet, business is rarely built in certainty.
It’s built in motion.
In imperfect steps.
In decisions made before you feel fully ready.

Because the truth is, wanting to be perfect before you start is often just another form of delay.
And maybe that’s the real shift, not knowing more, but moving anyway.

FFxx✨

#business #entrepreneurs #challenges

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How AI is Changing Hollywood Forever 🎬 | Kristen Stewart.

Former CBC executive and “Little Mosque on the Prairie” greenlighter Kristen Stewart discusses the shift from traditional media to the tech frontier at South by Southwest (SXSW). While acknowledging the risks, Stewart highlights the massive opportunities for diverse storytellers to use AI to get their voices heard.

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This photo, a memory from time spent a few years ago at the ‘Letters of Light’ exhibit @louvreabudhabi with 3 classic manuscripts & editions of the Torah, Bible & Quran, where visitors “uncover the birth of the three monotheisms, their sacred writings, and their dissemination across different languages and cultures”.…For this Passover, Jummah Mubarak & Easter weekend observance✡️✝️☪️

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