Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
It all started when five year-old Grace Fetterman couldn’t understand why none of her dolls resembled her Muslim friend’s mother who wears a hijab. Gisele Fetterman thought her daughter had a point, … [Read more...]
A new billboard in Dallas features a woman wearing a hijab, along with a 1-800 number and the words: respect, honor and strength. The Islamic Circle has partnered with a Chicago-area based group … [Read more...]
Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota has announced a partnership with a local entrepreneur to create and sell hijabs in order to build a more inclusive space for patients and their … [Read more...]
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir has been playing basketball for 22 years, holding the scoring record by a high school player in her home state of Massachusetts. The former Division1 NCAA player says that she has … [Read more...]
A Muslim blogger talks about wearing clothing that covered her hijab this winter and the responses she got from strangers when they didn’t know her faith. … [Read more...]
Muslim-American women share personal accounts of their decision to wear the hijab (religious head-scarf). As Lori Saroya recounted, “The decision to start wearing the hijab felt right to me, yet I … [Read more...]
Local 4 News, the CBS affiliate for the Quad Cities region on the Illinois-Iowa border, announced that its new on-air reporter, Tahera Rahman, is "the first full-time reporter who is a Muslim woman to … [Read more...]
Since the shocking/surprising/some say disturbing results of the presidential election and the appointment of Donald Trump as president, Muslim women have started posting on Twitter about how they are … [Read more...]
Over the summer retailer Banana Republic started selling hijabs on their online store (including a style with leopard print). The company says that this is part of their effort to "to reflect the rich … [Read more...]
Last week, Nike unveiled its own line of modest swimwear geared to Muslim women called The Victory Suit. The bathing suits are designed to meet the needs of women who need to more fully cover their … [Read more...]
