Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
According to the Guardian: A recent study found that Muslim men and women were being held back in the workplace by widespread Islamophobia, racism and discrimination, and that Muslim adults were … [Read more...]
Myanmar lawmakers pass a new piece of legislation making it illegal for Muslim men to marry Buddhist women. … [Read more...]
Gaza student Hoda Elrayes talks to the Guardian about life after war, and personally interviews three Gazan women about how their lives have been affected since the last major conflict with … [Read more...]
What does it mean to be modest and fashionable? How do you balance modesty and western culture? Does being fashion forward negate the purpose of wearing the hijab? All these questions are explored in … [Read more...]
Sabre fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is a self-described “proud Muslim” and this summer will make history as the first hijab-wearing American athlete to compete in the Olympics for the U.S. fencing team. In … [Read more...]
This semester marks a big change on the University of Texas, Austin campus as they welcomed Mu Delta Alpha, the school’s first Muslim sorority. Sorority President Maria Haseem says she was nervous and … [Read more...]
Did you know that the country we today know of as Iran once had a female ruler? Meet Türkan Hatun who reigned in the Muslim State of Kirman (today’s Iran) in the 13th Century. … [Read more...]
Apple announced last week the launch of the first-ever emoji of a woman wearing a hijab which is due to hit keyboards this fall. 16-year-old Rayouf Alhumedhi started the campaign for hijabi … [Read more...]
Collecting stories from women of religions around the world (including Muslim, Amish, and Hindu), scholar Dr Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi's new paper explores the “perceptions of the veil." … [Read more...]
For the past ten years, the Utah Islamic Center has been meeting in a rented warehouse behind a strip mall in Salt Lake City. But at 350 members, the congregation has clearly outgrown its quarters. … [Read more...]
