Iqbal is a digital artist, filmmaker and a proponent and practitioner of community andparticipatory arts. His works are often hybrid as they emanate from real settings butinclude fictional elements and involve the intersection of digital media with other art forms.His project, Terrorist/Apostate, a hybrid theatre/digital media work that explores theoutsider and Islam, was performed at Parramatta Riverside Theatres and Blacktown ArtsCentre in Western Sydney, Australia. His most recent film is an observational documentaryon a primary school in Western Sydney, This Is Our School. Iqbal was born in Singaporewhere he founded the now disbanded political theatre company, Gung-ho TheatreEnsemble. He teaches screen practice at Macquarie University, Sydney.