Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
After the horrific December San Bernardino attacks, Muslim teen Zarifeh Shalabi, who lives in nearby Fontana, was urged to stay home, her family worried for her safety and possible backlash. Cut to … [Read more...]
Last January, Youtube and Google invited Muslim beauty vlogger Nabela Noor to ask Jeb Bush a pre-taped question at the GOP Fox News debate. She asked the following: ““As president, what would you do … [Read more...]
Running April 8th through July 31st, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC is running a Middle Eastern photographer exhibit called “She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from … [Read more...]
Elite Daily presents an awesome listicle of “badass” Muslim women who are challenging the status quo, “rocking their hijabs” and “dominating their sport.” Click, and check it out! … [Read more...]
“Muslim women are so much more than the piece they choose to wrap – or not – around their head.” Meet Yassmin Abdel-Magied. Named 2015 Young Australian of the Year, this mechanical engineer, writer … [Read more...]
Shamsia Hassani is not only an Afghan professor at Kabul University, but is also a world-class graffiti artist. She says her mission is simple: to beautify the city of Kabul with color. Her canvases … [Read more...]
French surfer Marion Poizeau and her Irish surfer pal, Easkey Briton sought like-minded Iranians on Facebook and in 2010, introduced the sport to Iranian women. No one in Iran had seen surfing … [Read more...]
Known as the “Ice Princess” in her homeland of the United Arab Emirates, professional figure skater Zahra Lari was inspired as a child by the Disney film to first take up skating. Now, at the age of … [Read more...]
The Cincinnati Enquirer recently voted Afreen Asif as one of the ten Women Of The Year. Ms. Asif was inspired by her Muslim faith to start a social outreach called Rahma Community Services (“rahma” … [Read more...]
In this op-ed for the film journal IndieWire, director Faiza Ambah talks about quitting her job as a foreign journalist for the Washington Post to pursue becoming a filmmaker. “I knew first-hand that … [Read more...]
