MOST WEEKLY RECAP
We here at Muslims on Screen and Television (MOST) have crafted an 'in case you missed it' #ICYMI list of this past week's most timely and relevant stories from across the web: 1) Syrian Refugee … [Read more...]
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The “Blue Muslim Wave” Is Taking American Politics By Storm
The Washington Post reports that "more than 90 American Muslims, nearly all of them Democrats, are running for public office across the country this year," nicknaming it the 'Blue Muslim Wave.' From … [Read more...]
Muslim Teen Girls Talk Real Life
Huffington Post interviewed two Muslim teen girls from different corners of America -- seventeen-year-old Salsabel Fares who lives in Florissant, Missouri, and Arshia Hussain, also seventeen, who … [Read more...]
Muslim Soccer Player Holds Out For Faith
Shireen Ahmed born to Pakistani parents and raised in Canada, where she practiced two things: soccer and Islam. This article traces the long and winding road for a woman who wants to play public … [Read more...]
New Training Program For Underrepresented Muslim Candidates
Karen Hinks saw that Muslims were underrepresented in local politics in Orange County, CA and wanted to do something about it. Hinks' organization "WELead OC" along with Rima Nashashibi, who is a … [Read more...]
In Greece, Hero Fisherman Save Refugee Lives
Last year, the small village of Skala Sykmias, located in the Greek Islands, became the center of the refugee crisis. After an often-brutal Mediterranean crossing, as many as 400,000 refugees have … [Read more...]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Reviews Two New Books On Muslim Identity
In this book review for the New York Times, activist and athlete Kareem Abdul-Jabbar looks at two new books about “being Muslim in today’s volatile world.” They are Omar Saif Ghobash’s “Letters to a … [Read more...]
Interfaith Op-ed: ‘My son’s Orthodox Jewish school is 85% Muslim’
In this op-ed for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Karen E. H. Skinazi (author of Women of Valor and professor at the University of Bristol) writes about moving to Coventry, England with her husband and … [Read more...]
Teen Female Wrestler Wants To Conquer Middle East
Born in Lebanon and raised in Saudia Arabia, seventeen-year old Gheeda Chamasaddine has big dreams – that of being the first female pro wrestler in the Arab world. Now living in Dubai, Ms. … [Read more...]
Muslim Superhero Character Featured In NBC’s “Heroes Reborn”
In an op-ed for Patheos, Heba Elsherief pens about a new character in Tim Kring’s “Heroes Reborn” named Farah Nazan (portrayed by actress Nazneen Contractor) who holds “the promise of something I’d … [Read more...]
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