Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
The MOST Story Bank is a live archive of stories on the most current events, people and cultural perspectives of Muslims in America and around the world. With writers in mind, MOST carefully selects story-driven news from the most reputable published sources.
According to PRI: Rashida Tlaib, an American-born Muslim of Palestinian descent, was sworn in with her left hand on her own copy of the Quran, though she considered using a 1734 English translation … [Read more...]
In this op-ed for CNN, author and columnist Rafia Zakaria writes -- As a Muslim-American woman living in what feels like, based on growing hate crimes and bigoted political rhetoric, an … [Read more...]
As congress comes back to session on Thursday, new Muslim reps Ilhan Omar (Minnesota's 5th Congressional District) and Rashida Tlaibis (Michigan’s 13th Congressional Distric) are posed to take their … [Read more...]
Excerpts from CNN story: -- Rashida Tlaib will make history as the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress. -- Tlaib has said she will wear a Palestinian gown called a thobe for … [Read more...]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the girls basketball team at Salam School, a traditional Islamic school associated with the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, is having a stunning year. "A lot … [Read more...]
The New York Times recently declared that they are righting their public record since "obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men. With 'Overlooked,' we’re adding the stories of … [Read more...]
Agime Sogojeva is a spiritual teacher known as a mualime, where she is one of some 100 female theologians hoping to revive Muslim traditions in Kosovo. The mualimes work at the country's three Muslim … [Read more...]
According to People magazine, Ilhan Omar, the Democratic representative from Minnesota, recently announced on Instagram that she’s working on an initiative to overturn a 181-year rule banning House … [Read more...]
"Jinn" is filmmaker Nijla Mu’min’s first feature film about a carefree African American teenager whose mother converts to Islam. The film is inspired by Mu’min’s own upbringing within a Black Muslim … [Read more...]
Fatima Farheen Mirza is a 27 year-old graduate from the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop and her first book, A Place For Us, has been chosen by actress Sarah Jessica Parker as the first title for … [Read more...]
