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.
Purdue University professor Su’ad Abdul Khaber’s new book “Muslim Cool” focuses on the intersection of cultures – between hip hop, African American and Islam, theorizing that this is what is defined … [Read more...]
“Scottish Muslims in Numbers” is a recent study published last week by Edinburgh University which, according to BuzzFeed, shows that “Scottish Muslims are an aspirational population and … [Read more...]
The Guardian recently interviewed actor and rapper Riz Ahmed who starred in last summer’s HBO hit “The Night Of” and can be seen in the upcoming Star Wars anthology films “Rogue One” (to be released … [Read more...]
In this new era of the Trump administration, many American Jews have pledged not to abandon American Muslims who have been threatened with a Muslim Registry and harassed with an uptick of xenophobic … [Read more...]
In Manhattan, Nisma Zakria teaches a self-defense class through the Muslim nonprofit Women's Initiative for Self-Empowerment (WISE). Due to the increase of anti-Muslim hate crimes this election year, … [Read more...]
After hearing that the Quran had never before been transcribed on silk, Azerbaijani painter Tünzale Memmedzade set to meticulously transcribe the Quran onto sheets of transparent black silk. The … [Read more...]
Guess who Eric Trump was seated next to on a flight to Scotland? No, not Chelsea Clinton but someone almost as, um, interesting -- comedian Mo Amer, an American comedian and writer of Palestinian … [Read more...]
Over Thanksgiving several mosques in California, including the Evergreen Islamic Center in San Jose, received highly threatening and Islamophobic letters. As a response, the San Jose community offered … [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) 90% of Americans … [Read more...]
In this interview for the New York Times, showrunners and writers talk about the representation of Muslim characters in television – from casting, cultural issues, and the fight for diversity and … [Read more...]
