Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
The burkini is a loose-fitting swimsuit that leaves only a woman’s face, hands and feet exposed. In 2016, it became a controversial garment as dozens of French towns banned the suit, claiming it … [Read more...]
Tempest presents this compelling listicle of 21 Facts You Absolutely Need To Know About Muslims in America written in conjunction with UPF’s “American Muslims: Facts vs. Fiction” which has received a … [Read more...]
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol is a Grammy nominated Turkish-American composer, jazz pianist and singer. The Boston Globe has called Sanlıkol’s music “colorful, fanciful, full of rhythmic life, and full of … [Read more...]
Asiya Bareeva is a Moscow-based fashion designer known for her environmentally conscious clothing and accessories. Vogue makes that point that “her belief in Islam and its teachings of modesty are … [Read more...]
As a child, Emtithal Mahmoud fled war in the Darfur region of Sudan. She says growing up as a Muslim woman and an immigrant in Philadelphia, she soon discovered a love for poetry. This enabled her to … [Read more...]
While in art school in London, Mahtab Hussain, a British artist of Pakistani heritage, had become frustrated with the “simplistic narratives” which portrayed Muslims as either terrorists or refugees, … [Read more...]
America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far is a crowd-pleasing exhibit now running at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. More than 350,000 people have visited the exhibit so far and it’s so … [Read more...]
Mexican-American writer and poet Mark Gonzales’s Yo Soy Muslim: A Father’s Letter To His Daughter hits bookstores this week. It was among the first acquisitions of Salaam Reads – a Simon & … [Read more...]
Farah Elahi is a research and policy analyst for the British think-tank Runnymede Trust which just released an important study on the impact of anti-Muslim racism on British society and the need to … [Read more...]
In 1997, a landmark report by think tank Runnymede Trust first introduced the word “Islamophobia” to public discourse. A new study entitled Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for us All has recently been … [Read more...]
