Career
Although born into a Persian family, Ardekani was raised in a secular irreligious household in Los Angeles, California. He belonged to a wealthy family who did not accept it when he converted and subsequently disinherited him. The company has produced several web series, including The Reminder Series and Ask Baba Ali.
In 2000, he founded rap group, Soldiers of Allah, who received notable success their album 1924 earned.
In 2003, the group disbanded. Ardekani 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.
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, United States of America Today and Los Angeles Times as well as featuring in seven episodes of Direct Television"s The Fizz News. In 2015, he starred alongside Omar Regan in the film American Sharia.
In the same style as Comedy Central"s Jon Stewart or Home Box Office"s Bill Maher, Ardekani avoids grandstanding and politicizing issues by simply telling it like it is.