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.
Mahmoud Raslan is the photographer/videographer who shot the gut-wrenching image of five year old Omran Daqneesh who, following an airstrike on his home in Aleppo, Syria, was captured sitting alone, … [Read more...]
In the wake of July’s Nice attack and the attempted coup in Turkey, BBC reports that there was a significant increase in anti-Muslim tweets for the month – 7,000 were recorded vs 2,500 in … [Read more...]
This summer, the #MobileMuslims tour is traveling across Canada as a campaign to fight the misconceptions about Islam and educate non-Muslims about the faith. So far the tour has stopped at 26 … [Read more...]
This summer the burkini (a swimsuit which covers the whole body except for the face, hands and feet) has been banned in various French resort towns, and now Germany is considering following suit. So … [Read more...]
Twitter campaigns #LetThemPlay and #FIBAAllowHijab are in full operation, protesting the International Basketball Federation rule which states that hijabs are not to be worn during a game. In 2014 … [Read more...]
26-year-old Dalilah Muhammad is an American track and field athlete who last week became the first American woman to win a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the Rio Olympics, at a breath-taking … [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) Over 30,000 … [Read more...]
Born in about 1736, Yarrow Marmout was abducted in West Africa as a young man, brought to the American colonies on a ship, and sold into slavery in Maryland. He was also Muslim. As many as a third of … [Read more...]
Dawud Agbere is one of five imams based at the Pentagon. Born and raised in the West African nation of Ghana, Mr. Agbere is not your typical U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel. As a young man, he received … [Read more...]
Photojournalist Randy Goodman's new exhibition "Iran: Women Only” showcases her stunning work from the past thirty plus years. During the early 1980s, Ms. Goodman visited Iran multiple times as a … [Read more...]
