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 week, beloved Reverend Jacques Hamel was viciously murdered in an ISIS-related attack in St.-Étienne-du-Rouvray, a small countryside village in Normandy France which, according to local historian … [Read more...]
As head of the Mamma Haidara Library in Timbuktu, Abdel Kader Haidara became greatly concerned about his library in 2013 when militant extremists backed by al-Qaida ransacked a local government … [Read more...]
Since Donald Trump's rise in the GOP nomination, civil rights groups have reported a rise in Islamophobic rhetoric and incidents. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released a report … [Read more...]
Islamophobic attacks have increased by 326% in the UK. Muslim women are reported to be the most vulnerable (and most visible, especially for those who wear the hijab). “Muslim Girls Fence” wants to … [Read more...]
This year, approximately 5,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in the United States, many relocating to Illinois, California and Michigan. Melineh Kano, Executive Director of “Refugee One,” says that the … [Read more...]
The architectural world is mourning the passing in March of Iraqi-born Zaha Hadid, a true pioneer in her field. In 2004, she was the first Muslim (and woman) to receive architecture’s highest honor, … [Read more...]
The Guardian describes actor and rapper Riz Ahmed as “straddling cultures, pushing buttons, and challenging the status quo.” Ahmed was born into a British Pakistani Muslim family in Wembley, London, … [Read more...]
"Today I had one of the most interesting and most memorable flights of my life. I made a friend called Beverly who made a mistake and acknowledged it,” Jiva Akbor, a young Muslim woman from the UK, … [Read more...]
NYPD Sgt. Hameed Armani (a self-described Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan) and Officer Peter Cybulski are being declared heroes as they bravely took away a device they believed was a bomb from Times … [Read more...]
PRI interviews New Jersey couple Omar Awad and Marwah Maasarani on their perspectives watching the Republican convention as Muslims. Ms. Maasarani, who wears the hijab, says she’s an observant Muslim, … [Read more...]
