Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
In this op-ed from Mic, entertainment reporter Kevin O'Keeffe pens a listicle of bad-ass Muslim superhero comics (Burka Avenger, The 99, Dust… to name a few) and says this about the state of … [Read more...]
Leila Ali Elmi has made history as the first East African, Muslim woman and Somali to be voted into the Riksdag (as the Swedish parliament is referred). Face2Face Africa reports that Ms. Elmi ran … [Read more...]
Last month, Islam In Spanish opened in Houston -- which is described as “a spacious, state-of-the-art Islamic community center.” Nahela Morales says she has moved to different parts of the country … [Read more...]
For the first time since 2006, the Israel navy has allowed Gaza fisherman to expand the area where they are allowed to fish – from six nautical miles off the coast to nine. The local fishing industry … [Read more...]
Rihana Ibrahim, 21, is a Muslim refugee who overcame tremendous adversities in her home country of Somalia and in 2014, was able to resettle to Tucson, Arizona, all on her own. Afflicted with polio as … [Read more...]
Here's a #MustRead listicle from BookRiot of both nonfiction and fiction books with Islamic themes which offers a "variety of insights into a widespread and complex religion": - No God But God by … [Read more...]
Mohamed Khairullah is mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey and describes himself as “an American mayor who happens to be Muslim… I don’t impose my religion when it comes to running the town. But my … [Read more...]
California teen Yusra Rafeeq experienced Islamophobia first hand when her mother, who wears a hijab and abaya (a full length covering), was rudely stared at by pedestrians in their hometown of Palo … [Read more...]
Jabaran Akram, 22, lives in Brighton Beach where he is the community liaison for Councilmember Chaim Deutsch as well as an auxiliary officer for the NYPD. Akram, whose parents hail from Pakistan, … [Read more...]
Entertainment Weekly interviews Sana Amanat, Marvel’s Director of Content and Character Development, and the editor of Ms. Marvel. Ms. Amanat says that inclusion and “flipping the paradigm” were clear … [Read more...]
