Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Filmmaker Tara Miele’s new short film has a simple mission reflected in the title: “Meet A Muslim.” We meet a diverse group of Muslim Americans -- a foodie, a doctor, a Kelly Clarkson fan, a poet, and … [Read more...]
Zarqa Nawaz is best known for creating the Canadian sitcom “Little Mosque on the Prairie” and now has a new memoir out called “Laughing All The Way to the Mosque.” She talks to NPR about the … [Read more...]
Hit singer-songwriter Yuna is featured in this profile for New York Magazine. Yuna, who is a devout Muslim from Malaysia, has a new album out called “Chapters” featuring a hit duet with Usher called … [Read more...]
Negin Farsad is a rarity among comics. For one, she’s an Iranian-American Muslim and for another, she is an extremely accomplished academic, having obtained two master degrees from Columbia University … [Read more...]
Funnyman Maz Jobrani co-wrote and stars in the new indie movie called “Jimmy Vestvood” which is about an Iranian who wins a green card lottery ticket and moves to America where he becomes an “Amerikan … [Read more...]
The Dardenne brothers are art-house darlings, having co-directed “Two Days, One Night” (starring Marion Cotillard) and “The Kid with a Bike,” twice-winning the prestigious Palme d’Or. They premiered … [Read more...]
Coinciding with the famous Cannes film festival is another world film festival – this one is in Gaza. Now in its second year, The Gaza Film Festival is a five-day event featuring thirty feature films, … [Read more...]
Metal music is all the rage in Muslim-majority Indonesia (yes, really). In fact, President Joko Widodo recently told the press that “rock is my passion” citing Metallica, Napalm Death and Led Zeppelin … [Read more...]
Ambreen Razia is the 23-year-old British writer and actress of “The Diary of a Hounslow Girl” which is about a young, Muslim woman who may look “traditional” to those outside the faith, but … [Read more...]
Film critic Jean-Michel Frodon says that the presence of films from the Middle East and Arab world at the Cannes film festival has been “really weak” in years past, but has called this year, "most … [Read more...]
