Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Beyond Geographies: Contemporary Art and Muslim Experience features eight Brooklyn-based Muslim artists who work in various media (for example, pictured is a young woman reading poems from the … [Read more...]
As the world mourns the Paris attacks, the people of Beirut are also grieving over their own tragedy when on November 12th, extremists (most likely ISIS) attacked the Bourj al-Barajneh district … [Read more...]
In its fifth year, the horrors of the Syrian war has killed more than 250,000 people. Many of those killed were fathers, and the lasting affects of the war can be see on the Syrian children who now … [Read more...]
26-year-old Syrian-American Suzan Boulad is no armchair activist. In March 2013, she spent time living in a village near Idlib, Syria, experiencing life during wartime with frightening, daily … [Read more...]
Known for being an observant Muslim who has terrific fashion sense, Malaysian born singer Yuna has become the poster-girl for ‘hijabsters’ -- hipsters who wear the hijab (religious head covering). … [Read more...]
Founder of The Women's Mosque of America, M. Hasna Maznavi, says that the Los Angeles mosque has “erroneously been framed as a ‘liberation’ from Muslim men” and thereby, has made a list of “nine … [Read more...]
Desperate to escape the horrors of ISIS,150,000 Syrian Kurds have recently poured across the border into Turkey, making it the largest refugee exodus during the three and a half year Syrian war. … [Read more...]
In a quest to breakdown stereotypes, BuzzFeed produced a terrific little short of young Muslims looking into the camera and declaring “I’m Muslim, but I…” … "don’t wear the hijab" … "I’m not … [Read more...]
Vice News presents a photo essay of the people of Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, depicting images of daily life and at play on Lido Beach. … [Read more...]
Terry Gross interviews well known photojournalist Lynsey Addario on her career covering the Middle East for the New York Times. Fascinating! … [Read more...]
