Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Hamad Sinno is lead singer of the popular Lebanese alternative rock band Mashrou' Leila. This summer the group toured the U.S. to much acclaim, thanks to no small measure to their huge hit “Roman” … [Read more...]
The New York Times reports on Syed Ali – “one of a number of Muslim Americans who have complained that since the start of the Trump administration they have been subjected to additional scrutiny when … [Read more...]
In light of the presidential election of Donald Trump, BuzzFeed reached out to young American Muslims about their “thoughts and concerns,” and within hours received an “overwhelming number of … [Read more...]
As Immigration moves to the forefront of US Policy and National Security, we are glad to present this second interview in the series, with one of the youngest women appointed to the Federal bench as a … [Read more...]
Fans -- often women and often Muslim -- often come up to G. Willow Wilson, the writer says, to tell her how Ms. Marvel (i.e. Kamala Khan) is the reason they became comics fans at all. Daily Beast … [Read more...]
An Ordinary Muslim opened late February at New York Theater Workshop. The play is directed by Jo Bonney and written by first time playwright Hammaad Chaudry. The New York Times calls it a "timely look … [Read more...]
Tuqa Nusairat is a deputy director at the Atlantic Council, and in this op-ed for The Hill, reflects on how far the American-Muslim communities have come since the election of Donald Trump. "We have … [Read more...]
13-year-old Amineh Abou Kerech is the proud winner of the Betjeman poetry prize for her poem “Lament for Syria” which was written half in English, half in Arabic. “I take words from anywhere,” Amineh … [Read more...]
Though the American Dolls line is known to portray a variety of ethnicities, there is currently no doll representing American Muslim little girls. Twelve year old Salwa and her nine-year old sister, … [Read more...]
When Yadira and Nadir Thabatah were looking for an English-language Quran, surprisingly the couple came up empty handed. The Thabatah's are both visually impaired, and they soon realized that they … [Read more...]
