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.
Last Sunday, Muslim comics performed a sold-out show in a comedy club in Manhattan, with the tagline: “The Last show before Trump Deports us!" Dean Obeidallah created "The Big Brown Comedy Hour” … [Read more...]
The teen soap “Degrassi: Next Class” returned last week for its third season (streaming on Netflix) and according to the Hollywood Reporter ”has dared to take Syria's refugee crisis as a dramatic … [Read more...]
Last week, lawmakers pressed President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for Secretary of State (Rex Tillerson), Attorney General (Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.) and Homeland Security Secretary (retired … [Read more...]
Produced by Katy Perry, “#DontNormalizeHate” is a public service announcement drawing parallels “between the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and the anti-Muslim … [Read more...]
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) Muslim Teen … [Read more...]
U.S. service men and women who wish to wear a turban, beard or hijab for religious reasons are now able to gain approval thanks to a revised uniform regulation that aims to better accommodate … [Read more...]
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...]
George Takei – the Star Trek star, blogger and activist -- has started a Care2 petition to gather support for the Muslim community and oppose any policy from the upcoming Trump administration … [Read more...]
The Catholic clergy community is reaching out to the Muslim community as a show of “public support” stemming from concerns expressed by U.S. bishops in the wake of “a serious uptick in violence … [Read more...]
It has been notoriously difficult for Syrian refugees to find countries that are not only welcoming but where there are job opportunities. Enter… Somalia. Hosam is a dentist from Aleppo who says … [Read more...]
