Middle East’s New Karate Champ
Meet the karate champ who recently won gold medals in the Karate World Championship in Germany. The champ is Egyptian, and oh yeah, a woman, and her name is Abou el-Yazed. … [Read more...]
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.
Meet the karate champ who recently won gold medals in the Karate World Championship in Germany. The champ is Egyptian, and oh yeah, a woman, and her name is Abou el-Yazed. … [Read more...]
“I am very proud that everyone now knows me as Afghan Bruce Lee,” says Abbas Alizada whose rags to fame story is helping change the often unhopeful narrative on Afghanistan. … [Read more...]
Pakistani adventurer Moin Khan is competing for the chance to be a part of Fjällräven Polar, a 300km journey across the arctic tundra in the North Pole. … [Read more...]
Nizaam Carr is the first Muslim rugby player to make the squad for the South African team, the Springboks, and says that he represents those who couldn’t play. … [Read more...]
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Australian professional boxer Billy Dibb talks about being bullied as a child for having a different faith than his peers and how being “different” ultimately changed his life for the better. … [Read more...]
Despite the challenges of training in a very conservative country, the Afghan’s women’s cycling team show no signs of slowing down and are currently training for the 2016 Olympics. Their coach has … [Read more...]
The Dodgers’ new general manager is Farhan Zaidi, a Muslim who grew up in the Philippines and is known for being influenced by Michael Lewis’ baseball book “Moneyball.” … [Read more...]
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Taekwondo champion, Mahama Cho, talks about his tough childhood growing up in the Ivory Coast where he experienced bullying and grew up to "utilize the pain and hardship” as motivation. … [Read more...]
In this video segment, Muslims in Detroit react to news that the NFL penalized Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah for kneeling in prayer after scoring a touchdown. The NFL has since rescinded … [Read more...]
In Toronto, teams on a softball league are named after something that you might not associate with the sport – Muslim empires and dynasties. Meet the Brotherhood Softball League, largely made up of … [Read more...]